THE WEEK IN CHESS 573 31st October 2005 by Mark Crowther
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My thanks to Thomas Henrich, Valery Maes, Alik Gershon, Toni Ayza, Jordi
Parayre, Arthur Brameld, Kristianus Liem, Greg Shahade, Shay Bushinsky, Richard
Cantwell, John Robinson, Fred Hamperl, Stewart Reuben, Herman and Marius van
Riemsdijk, John Donaldson, George Mirijanian, Ray Clark, Jan Mazuch, Laszlo
Nagy, David Llada and everyone else who helped with the issue.
Pentala Harikrishna had one of his best results to date in winning the
category XVI Essent tournament in Hoogeveen (along with the 2nd Sanjin Hotel
Cup earlier this year). The 19 year old has seen a steady rise in his rating
and along with Krishnan Sasikiran and world number two Viswanathan Anand is
turning India into a major force in world chess. The World Team Championships
start in Beer-Sheva, Israel tomorrow. The favourites are of course Russia but
there are strong teams from hosts Israel, Armenia and the Ukraine who should
challenge for first place.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 9th Essent Chess Tournament (Hoogeveen) took place 21st-29th October
2005. Pentala Harikrishna won the event with 4/6 half a point clear of Ivan
Sokolov. Vladimir Baklan took clear first in the open.
Official site: http://www.essentchess.nl
Round 3 (October 25, 2005)
Harikrishna, P - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 40 C54 Giuoco Piano
Sutovsky, Emil - Stefanova, Antoaneta 1-0 51 C97 Ruy Lopez
Round 4 (October 27, 2005)
Harikrishna, P - Sutovsky, Emil 1/2 32 A31 English Symmetrical
Sokolov, Ivan - Stefanova, Antoaneta 1/2 28 D15 Slav Defence
Round 5 (October 28, 2005)
Sokolov, Ivan - Harikrishna, P 1/2 36 D17 Slav Defence
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Sutovsky, Emil 1/2 48 D80 Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Round 6 (October 29, 2005)
Harikrishna, P - Stefanova, Antoaneta 1/2 11 C54 Giuoco Piano
Sutovsky, Emil - Sokolov, Ivan 0-1 57 C83 Ruy Lopez Open
Essent Hoogeveen NED (NED), 21-29 x 2005 cat. XVI (2629)
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1 2 3 4
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1 Harikrishna, P g IND 2673 ** 1= == 1= 4.0 2739
2 Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2696 0= ** 11 == 3.5 2664
3 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2654 == 00 ** 1= 2.5 2564
4 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2494 0= == 0= ** 2.0 2549
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Official Final Standings:
1. 2 Baklan, Vladimir 7.0 50.0 37.25 37.5 2590 2698 +1.15
2. 7 Nijboer, Friso 6.5 50.5 35.50 34.0 2545 2600 +0.65
3 Rozentalis, Eduardas 6.5 50.5 35.25 34.0 2585 2601 +0.20
4 Brodsky, Michail 6.5 50.5 34.75 36.5 2564 2641 +0.92
9 L'Ami, Erwin 6.5 48.5 33.50 31.0 2541 2547 +0.11
6 Rogers, Ian 6.5 47.0 33.50 32.0 2556 2532 -0.25
10 Goloshchapov, Alexander 6.5 47.0 32.25 32.5 2523 2581 +0.65
8. 1 Atalik, Suat 6.0 51.5 33.50 33.0 2620 2574 -0.57
17 Naumkin, Igor 6.0 48.5 31.25 29.0 2445 2513 +0.78
13 Van der Wiel, John T.H. 6.0 47.5 30.50 32.0 2503 2524 +0.24
14 Ernst, Sipke 6.0 46.0 29.50 30.5 2473 2499 +0.24
11 Wells, Peter K. 6.0 41.0 26.50 26.5 2513 2439 -0.84
12 Cebalo, Miso 6.0 41.0 24.50 31.0 2512 2453 -0.66
30 Grooten, Herman 6.0 38.5 25.00 26.0 2350 2472 +1.50
15. 26 Willemze, Thomas 5.5 49.0 27.00 30.5 2363 2519 +1.90
8 Kharitonov, Alexandr 5.5 46.5 27.75 32.0 2545 2486 -0.71
16 Jonkman, Harmen 5.5 46.5 25.50 31.5 2446 2473 +0.37
29 Negi, Parimarjan 5.5 46.0 24.00 27.5 2352 2453 +1.27
25 Jens, Jelmer 5.5 38.0 20.00 25.0 2366 2389 +0.28
20. 32 Habu, Yoshiharu 5.0 48.0 24.50 26.5 2341 2428 +1.04
21 Hoeksema, Erik 5.0 46.0 24.25 28.0 2401 2375 -0.40
44 Clemens, Adrian 5.0 45.5 24.75 23.5 2272 2431 +1.94
36 Rothuis, Vincent 5.0 44.0 21.00 29.5 2313 2470 +1.94
27 Michielsen, Joost 5.0 43.5 20.75 27.0 2362 2371 +0.05
24 Tate, Emory 5.0 43.5 20.00 28.5 2371 2385 +0.14
34 Van Beek, Alexander 5.0 43.0 20.25 25.5 2334 2390 +0.68
23 Sareen, Vishal 5.0 42.0 21.25 27.5 2375 2341 -0.49
19 Vul, Arkadi Eremeevich 5.0 41.5 23.25 24.5 2423 2310 -1.39
37 Pruijssers, Roeland 5.0 41.5 21.00 25.0 2310 2359 +0.59
5 Kolev, Atanas 5.0 41.0 21.00 25.0 2559 2366 -2.20
31 Hasanova, Elmira 5.0 41.0 19.50 25.0 2342 2329 -0.16
20 Souleidis, Georgios 5.0 40.5 19.25 27.5 2421 2364 -0.76
39 Weisbuch, Udi 5.0 39.0 18.75 22.5 2299 2323 +0.23
51 Wempe, Joost 5.0 37.0 17.00 22.0 2221 2345 +1.49
22 Brandenburg, Daan 5.0 34.5 17.25 24.5 2395 2269 -1.48
36. 28 Spoelman, Wouter 4.5 45.0 19.75 25.0 2362 2370 +0.09
55 Van Veen, Oscar 4.5 43.5 21.00 23.5 2207 2363 +1.89
35 Slingerland, Fred 4.5 41.0 19.00 24.5 2325 2328 +0.00
45 Weeks, Manuel 4.5 41.0 16.75 20.5 2268 2353 +1.08
33 Fominykh, Maria 4.5 40.0 17.25 24.0 2335 2285 -0.63
70 Ouwendijk, Vincent 4.5 39.5 18.50 20.5 2107 2281 +2.07
46 Bitalzadeh, Ali 4.5 39.0 14.25 21.0 2267 2279 +0.18
18 Wiersma, Eelke 4.5 35.5 16.50 21.5 2431 2241 -2.25
59 Cako, Laszlo 4.5 34.0 14.00 15.5 2193 2209 +0.18
45. 38 Van Leent, Dimitri 4.0 44.0 17.25 24.5 2309 2268 -0.50
50 Vedder, Richard 4.0 43.5 17.75 22.5 2224 2262 +0.36
15 Henrichs, Thomas 4.0 43.0 18.00 23.0 2447 2230 -2.57
54 Van der Plas, Rob 4.0 41.0 16.25 21.5 2211 2277 +0.85
52 Van Ruitenburg, Joost 4.0 40.0 14.50 17.5 2216 2215 +0.04
66 Rooda, Kai 4.0 39.0 17.00 20.0 2132 2245 +1.39
47 Vogel, Jaap 4.0 39.0 14.75 17.5 2261 2201 -0.68
48 Doggers, Peter 4.0 39.0 13.75 21.0 2239 2257 +0.22
49 Meijer, Dolf 4.0 39.0 13.75 19.0 2226 2219 -0.05
57 Ahlers, Ben 4.0 38.0 14.75 19.5 2198 2245 +0.58
76 Van Nies, Pauline 4.0 34.0 12.25 18.0 2063 2150 +0.84
75 Holscher, Peter 4.0 33.0 10.75 16.0 2069 2173 +1.30
69 Van Geffen, Ben 4.0 32.0 10.50 15.5 2118 2180 +0.76
53 Dougherty, Michael 4.0 28.5 8.50 14.5 2212 2200 -0.18
59. 77 Kleijn, Christov 3.5 46.0 14.50 26.0 2059 2221 +1.38
43 De Jong, Migchiel 3.5 40.5 15.25 20.5 2277 2231 -0.55
61 Van Opheusden, Bas 3.5 40.5 14.25 18.5 2190 2228 +0.44
41 Archangelsky, Mikhail 3.5 30.5 8.00 13.5 2293 2102 -2.35
62 Van Weersel, Arlette 3.5 29.5 7.50 13.5 2174 2181 +0.04
64. 63 Dogge, Marc 3.0 40.0 10.50 18.0 2168 2130 -0.32
42 Schuurman, Petra 3.0 39.5 10.75 17.5 2279 2176 -1.23
56 Giddins, Stephen 3.0 38.0 13.50 18.5 2200 2204 -0.04
67 Potze, Rudolf 3.0 37.5 11.50 14.5 2128 2090 -0.38
58 Van der Veen, Jan 3.0 34.5 10.25 13.0 2196 2085 -1.32
64 Hendriks, Richard 3.0 33.0 9.00 13.0 2157 2122 -0.38
71 Jelic, Bruno 3.0 32.5 7.25 14.0 2104 2029 -0.72
73 Woudt, Edwin 3.0 32.0 10.00 12.0 2103 2083 2083
65 Galje, Hans 3.0 31.5 5.50 12.0 2135 2076 -0.69
68 Hendriks, Peter 3.0 30.0 6.00 13.0 2121 2018 -1.04
74. 72 Kulago, Alexander 2.0 35.5 6.25 11.5 2103 2009 -0.97
60 Drost, Peter 2.0 31.5 6.75 10.0 2190 1972 -2.10
76. 74 Schelwokat, Peter 1.0 30.5 0.25 1.0 2076 1444 -2.88
77. 40 Rubingh, Otto 0.5 38.5 15.75 4.0 2296 2189 -0.26
Crosstable
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Essent Open Hoogeveen NED (NED), 21-29 x 2005
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1. Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2590 +77 +19 + 6 = 4 +61 = 8 = 2 = 3 +15 7.0 2677
2. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2545 =41 +33 =16 +30 +31 +17 = 1 = 4 = 3 6.5 2600
3. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2585 +62 =16 +18 =17 = 9 +30 +13 = 1 = 2 6.5 2601
4. Brodsky, Michail g UKR 2564 +65 +28 +20 = 1 = 8 +11 =15 = 2 = 7 6.5 2641
5. Rogers, Ian g AUS 2556 =21 +52 +32 =24 =22 = 9 +18 =10 +17 6.5 2531
6. L'Ami, Erwin m NED 2541 +51 +14 - 1 =37 =18 +29 = 9 +30 +16 6.5 2546
7. Goloshchapov, Alexander g UKR 2523 +53 =18 +40 - 8 +20 =16 +28 +27 = 4 6.5 2581
8. Atalik, Suat g TUR 2620 =33 +41 +36 + 7 = 4 = 1 =10 =15 =11 6.0 2567
9. Naumkin, Igor g RUS 2445 -36 +43 +54 +26 = 3 = 5 = 6 =12 +28 6.0 2514
10. Van der Wiel, John g NED 2503 +35 =29 =26 +46 =16 +37 = 8 = 5 =13 6.0 2523
11. Ernst, Sipke m NED 2473 =52 =21 +44 +29 +25 - 4 =24 +22 = 8 6.0 2498
12. Wells, Peter K g ENG 2513 +54 -20 -21 +58 =65 +41 +37 = 9 +31 6.0 2439
13. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2512 +47 =40 =38 =20 +69 +61 - 3 +24 =10 6.0 2442
14. Grooten, Herman m NED 2350 +71 - 6 =27 -69 +60 +44 =45 +34 +42 6.0 2472
15. Kharitonov, Alexandr m RUS 2545 +44 +37 =24 -61 +32 +22 = 4 = 8 - 1 5.5 2470
16. Willemze, Thomas NED 2363 +70 = 3 = 2 +36 =10 = 7 =17 +45 - 6 5.5 2521
17. Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2446 +48 =46 +59 = 3 +24 - 2 =16 +25 - 5 5.5 2472
18. Negi, Parimarjan IND 2352 +66 = 7 - 3 +64 = 6 +49 - 5 =23 +44 5.5 2452
19. Jens, Jelmer m NED 2366 +69 - 1 -48 +72 +51 =47 -27 +46 +38 5.5 2389
20. Habu, Yoshiharu f JPN 2341 +39 +12 - 4 =13 - 7 +36 =34 -31 +47 5.0 2429
21. Clemens, Adrian NED 2272 = 5 =11 +12 -22 =45 -23 +64 +39 =25 5.0 2432
22. Hoeksema, Erik m NED 2401 +43 -36 +58 +21 = 5 -15 +26 -11 =35 5.0 2376
23. Vul, Arkadi Eremeevich g RUS 2423 =50 =60 =35 =51 =41 +21 =32 =18 =33 5.0 2310
24. Rothuis, Vincent NED 2313 +76 +45 =15 = 5 -17 +31 =11 -13 =30 5.0 2471
25. Sareen, Vishal m IND 2375 =60 +50 =29 +53 -11 =26 +47 -17 =21 5.0 2341
26. Pruijssers, Roeland NED 2310 =56 +55 =10 - 9 +59 =25 -22 =48 +45 5.0 2360
27. Kolev, Atanas g BUL 2559 -59 +67 =14 +48 -37 +65 +19 - 7 =29 5.0 2365
28. Michielsen, Joost NED 2362 +72 - 4 =60 +35 =47 +46 - 7 +32 - 9 5.0 2371
29. Van Beek, Alexander f NED 2334 +75 =10 =25 -11 +53 - 6 =39 +54 =27 5.0 2390
30. Tate, Emory f USA 2371 +63 =61 +64 - 2 +40 - 3 +38 - 6 =24 5.0 2384
31. Souleidis, Georgios m GRE 2421 +67 =59 =46 +38 - 2 -24 +61 +20 -12 5.0 2362
32. Hasanova, Elmira wm RUS 2342 =55 +68 - 5 +50 -15 +48 =23 -28 +52 5.0 2335
33. Weisbuch, Udi ISR 2299 = 8 - 2 +74 =39 -49 +52 =54 +61 =23 5.0 2322
34. Brandenburg, Daan NED 2395 +74 =64 -61 -47 +43 +69 =20 -14 +46 5.0 2269
35. Wempe, Joost NED 2221 -10 +75 =23 -28 +66 -45 +56 +65 =22 5.0 2345
36. Van Veen, Oscar f NED 2216 + 9 +22 - 8 -16 =42 -20 =65 +55 =40 4.5 2370
37. Spoelman, Wouter NED 2362 +49 -15 +57 = 6 +27 -10 -12 -44 +48 4.5 2370
38. Slingerland, Fred NED 2325 =68 +56 =13 -31 =48 +42 -30 +53 -19 4.5 2291
39. Ouwendijk, Vincent NED 2107 -20 =47 +52 =33 -46 +51 =29 -21 +59 4.5 2281
40. Fominykh, Maria wf RUS 2335 +73 =13 - 7 +60 -30 =50 =53 =47 =36 4.5 2286
41. Weeks, Manuel f AUS 2268 = 2 - 8 =49 +70 =23 -12 +69 -42 +60 4.5 2353
42. Wiersma, Eelke m NED 2431 -64 =74 +70 =59 =36 -38 +50 +41 -14 4.5 2242
43. Cako, Laszlo NED 2193 -22 - 9 =75 +56 -34 -66 +73 +63 +61 4.5 2208
44. Bitalzadeh, Ali NED 2267 -15 +72 -11 =57 +75 -14 +66 +37 -18 4.5 2279
45. Henrichs, Thomas m GER 2457 +58 -24 -53 +63 =21 +35 =14 -16 -26 4.0 2229
46. Van Leent, Dmitri f NED 2309 +57 =17 =31 -10 +39 -28 +49 -19 -34 4.0 2267
47. Vedder, Richard NED 2224 -13 =39 +68 +34 =28 =19 -25 =40 -20 4.0 2267
48. Van der Plas, Rob NED 2211 -17 +73 +19 -27 =38 -32 +57 =26 -37 4.0 2276
49. Rooda, Kai NED 2132 -37 =51 =41 +54 +33 -18 -46 =59 =53 4.0 2245
50. Ahlers, Ben NED 2198 =23 -25 +56 -32 +71 =40 -42 -52 +65 4.0 2244
51. Vogel, Jaap f NED 2261 - 6 =49 +55 =23 -19 -39 =67 =60 +71 4.0 2200
52. Van Ruitenburg, Joost NED 2216 =11 - 5 -39 =66 +55 -33 +75 +50 -32 4.0 2215
53. Doggers, Peter NED 2239 - 7 +66 +45 -25 -29 +73 =40 -38 =49 4.0 2258
54. Meijer, Dolf NED 2226 -12 +71 - 9 -49 +70 +62 =33 -29 =57 4.0 2218
55. Van Geffen, Ben NED 2118 =32 -26 -51 =67 -52 +76 +62 -36 +73 4.0 2180
56. Holscher, Peter NED 2069 =26 -38 -50 -43 +76 +72 -35 +67 =62 4.0 2173
57. Van Nies, Pauline NED 2063 -46 +78 -37 =44 =64 =67 -48 +66 =54 4.0 2168
58. Dougherty, Michael f CAN 2212 -45 +76 -22 -12 -73 =75 =68 +72 +69 4.0 2174
59. De Jong, Migchiel f NED 2277 +27 =31 -17 =42 -26 =64 =60 =49 -39 3.5 2230
60. Van Opheusden, Bas NED 2190 =25 =23 =28 -40 -14 +71 =59 =51 -41 3.5 2228
61. Kleijn, Christov NED 2059 +78 =30 +34 +15 - 1 -13 -31 -33 -43 3.5 2289
62. Archangelsky, Mikhail m RUS 2293 - 3 -70 -66 +76 +63 -54 -55 +75 =56 3.5 2101
63. Van Weersel, Arlette NED 2174 -30 =77 =65 -45 -62 =68 +76 -43 +74 3.5 2159
64. Giddins, Stephen f ENG 2200 +42 =34 -30 -18 =57 =59 -21 =69 . 3.0 2204
65. Schuurman, Petra f NED 2279 - 4 =69 =63 +73 =12 -27 =36 -35 -50 3.0 2176
66. Potze, Rudolf NED 2128 -18 -53 +62 =52 -35 +43 -44 -57 =68 3.0 2079
67. Van der Veen, Jan NED 2196 -31 -27 =71 =55 =72 =57 =51 -56 =70 3.0 2086
68. Woudt,Edwin NED ---- =38 -32 -47 -71 =74 =63 =58 =70 =66 3.0 2083
69. Dogge, Marc NED 2168 -19 =65 +77 +14 -13 -34 -41 =64 -58 3.0 2194
70. Hendriks, Richard NED 2157 -16 +62 -42 -41 -54 =74 =72 =68 =67 3.0 2108
71. Hendriks, Peter NED 2121 -14 -54 =67 +68 -50 -60 =74 +76 -51 3.0 2062
72. Galje, Hans NED 2135 -28 -44 +76 -19 =67 -56 =70 -58 +75 3.0 2075
73. Jelic, Bruno NED 2104 -40 -48 +78 -65 +58 -53 -43 +74 -55 3.0 2072
74. Drost, Peter NED 2190 -34 =42 -33 -75 =68 =70 =71 -73 -63 2.0 1978
75. Kulago, Alexander RUS 2103 -29 -35 =43 +74 -44 =58 -52 -62 -72 2.0 2009
76. Schelwokat, Peter GER 2076 -24 -58 -72 -62 -56 -55 -63 -71 +78 1.0 1808
77. Rubingh, Otto f NED 2296 - 1 =63 -69 . . . . . . 0.5 2037
78. BYE ---- -61 -57 -73 . . . . . -76 0.0
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The Casino de Barcelona Masters took place 24th-28th October 2005.
Vassily Ivanchuk edged out Víktor Moskalenko on Sonnen-Berger tie break
both made 4/5. Time rate: 40 moves in 2 hours. Then 1 hour for each player
until the flag falls Players could not ask for draw before the first control
(40 moves).
Official sites: http://www.ajedreznd.com -
http://www.fcde.org and live at:
http://www.directe.fcde.org
Round 1 (October 24, 2005)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Felgaer, Ruben 1-0 38 B78 Sicilian Modern Dragon
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Fedorchuk, Sergey A 1/2 27 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Narciso Dublan, Marc - Moskalenko, Viktor 0-1 39 A84 Dutch
Round 2 (October 25, 2005)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1-0 43 A34 English Symmetrical
Fedorchuk, Sergey A - Narciso Dublan, Marc 0-1 45 C07 French Tarrasch
Felgaer, Ruben - Moskalenko, Viktor 0-1 42 C12 French MacCutcheon
Round 3 (October 26, 2005)
Moskalenko, Viktor - Fedorchuk, Sergey A 1-0 29 E20 Nimzo Indian
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Felgaer, Ruben 1/2 48 D19 Slav Defence
Narciso Dublan, Marc - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 49 D90 Gruenfeld Flohr
Round 4 (October 27, 2005)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Moskalenko, Viktor 1/2 32 C06 French Tarrasch
Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Narciso Dublan, Marc 1-0 54 D36 QGD Exchange
Felgaer, Ruben - Fedorchuk, Sergey A 0-1 41 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 5 (October 28, 2005)
Moskalenko, Viktor - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1/2 70 E68 King's Indian Fianchetto
Fedorchuk, Sergey A - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 49 C06 French Tarrasch
Narciso Dublan, Marc - Felgaer, Ruben 1-0 48 B36 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Casino Masters Barcelona ESP (ESP), 24-28 x 2005cat. XV (2602)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2748 * = 1 = 1 1 4.0 2813
2 Moskalenko, Viktor g UKR 2529 = * = 1 1 1 4.0 2857
3 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel g ESP 2607 0 = * = 1 = 2.5 2601
4 Fedorchuk, Sergey A g UKR 2564 = 0 = * 0 1 2.0 2538
5 Narciso Dublan, Marc g ESP 2530 0 0 0 1 * 1 2.0 2544
6 Felgaer, Ruben g ARG 2636 0 0 = 0 0 * 0.5 2229
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The 2nd Femida International Chess Tournament took place in Kharkov
(Ukraine) 16th-26th October 2005. Georgy Arzumanian won with 7.5/11 in the main
category VIII event.
Further details: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t068e.html
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Femida Kharkiv UKR (UKR), 16-26 x 2005 cat. VIII (2435)
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1. Arzumanian, Georgy m ARM 2447 * 0 = = 1 = 1 1 1 = = 1 7.5 2566
2. Sitnikov, Anton m UKR 2443 1 * 1 0 = = 1 0 1 1 0 1 7.0 2536
3. Shalimov, Valery m UKR 2446 = 0 * = = 1 = 1 0 1 = 1 6.5 2498
4. Kovchan, Alexander g UKR 2504 = 1 = * = = 0 = = = 1 = 6.0 2464
5. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2535 0 = = = * = 1 = = = 1 = 6.0 2461
6. Zubarev, Alexander1 g UKR 2505 = = 0 = = * 1 = = = = 1 6.0 2464
7. Ivanov, Alexander Al m RUS 2414 0 0 = 1 0 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 5.5 2436
8. Firman, Nazar m UKR 2466 0 1 0 = = = 1 * = 1 0 0 5.0 2396
9. Aveskulov, Valeriy m UKR 2457 0 0 1 = = = 0 = * = = 1 5.0 2396
10. Averjanov, Alexey m UKR 2395 = 0 0 = = = 0 0 = * 1 1 4.5 2373
11. Khakimov, Timur RUS 2282 = 1 = 0 0 = 0 1 = 0 * 0 4.0 2346
12. Reutsky, Sergei f RUS 2325 0 0 0 = = 0 0 1 0 0 1 * 3.0 2269
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Femida w Kharkiv UKR (UKR), 16-26 x 2005
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1. Vozovic, Oksana wg UKR 2327 * = = 1 1 = = 1 1 0 1 1 8.0 2408
2. Doluhanova, Evgeniya wm UKR 2270 = * = = = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 8.0 2413
3. Petrenko, Svetlana m MDA 2327 = = * = = = = 1 = 1 1 = 7.0 2335
4. Kochetkova, Julia wm RUS 2346 0 = = * 1 = 1 = 0 1 1 1 7.0 2333
5. Karlovich, Anastazia wg UKR 2277 0 = = 0 * = = 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2302
6. Maiko, Julia UKR 2195 = 0 = = = * 0 = 1 1 = 1 6.0 2281
7. Kostiuk, Tatiana wm UKR 2269 = 0 = 0 = 1 * 0 1 1 = 0 5.0 2202
8. Kuzmina, Olga RUS 2261 0 = 0 = 0 = 1 * 1 = 0 1 5.0 2203
9. Alexanian, Nelli wm RUS 2161 0 = = 1 0 0 0 0 * 0 1 1 4.0 2146
10. Cherednichenko, Svetlana wm UKR 2180 1 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 * 0 1 4.0 2144
11. Dvoretska, Olena wm UKR 2122 0 0 0 0 0 = = 1 0 1 * 1 4.0 2149
12. Baisalova, Aigul KAZ 2158 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 * 1.5 1939
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The Gibraltar Congress takes place 24th January - 2nd February 2006.
Further details: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com
To promote the event there was a special chess challenge on Monday 24th
October 2005. Starting at 12.30pm at the RAC, Pall Mall. Grandmaster Alexei
Shirov, ranked 14th in the world and Spanish number 1, was partnered by 7 year
old Peter Andreev. They played against Jon Speelman, partnered by 8 year old
Edmund Harding. They will play a blitz speed match where the partners play
alternate moves without consultation. Both children are members of
Richmond Junior Chess Club. Peter was
chosen because his native tongue is Russian and thus Alexei, originally from
Latvia, will be able to discuss strategy in advance by email with Peter. There
will be a presentation on the event following the game. Tim Bristow, Chief
Executive Officer of Gibtelecom said today, 'Gibtelecom is pleased to be
continuing as the main sponsor of the Gibraltar Chess Festival. The Gibtelecom
Masters is now one of the strongest open tournaments in the world. This match
will demonstrate that, not only is it a serious chess festival, but there is
also something for everybody.'
The Game
The time limit was five minutes each with a ten second increment.
Shirov/Andreev - Speelman/Harding
Gibraltar Chess 4 Handed Blitz Giuoco Piano
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nf6 4 0-0 Bc5 5 c3 d6 6 d4 Bb6 7 Bg5 h6 8 Bh4
Bg4 9 d5 Nb8 10 Bxf6 Qxf6 11 Nbd2 0-0 12 b4 Nd7 13 Be2 Qe7 14 a4 c6 15 a5 Bc7
16 c4 Rfe8 17 a6 cxd5 18 cxd5 bxa6 19 Rxa6 Bb6 20 Bb5 Red8 21 h3 Bh5 22 Bc6
Rab8 23 g4 Bg6 24 Re1 Nf6 25 Nh4 Nh7 26 Nxg6 fxg6 27 Kg2 Rf8 28 Nc4 Rxf2+ 29
Kg3 Qf6 30 Qc1 Qf3+ 31 Kh4 g5+ 32 Kh5 Qf7 mate 0-1
Moves were made in the following order: Shirov (white), Speelman
(black), Andreev (white), Harding (black) so as you play through the moves bear
in mind the two grandmasters played the odd-numbered moves.
The 1st SCG League for Men and Women took place in Vrnjacka Banja,
17th-28th October 2005. Games available.
Official site: http://www.scgchess.org/english.html
The Belgian Nationale Interclubs have started. The second round took
place on 23rd October 2005. News: Valery Maes.
Further details: http://users.pandora.be/vmaes/interclub/
Belgian Nationale Interclubs 2005-2006.
Round 1 : 09.10.2006
1. CE Namur - Borgerhout 5 - 3
2. KGSRL - SK Rochade 3½ - 4½
3. CREC - Boey Temse 7 - 1
4. CRELEL - SK Deurne 6 - 2
5. KBSK - Jean Jaurès 5½ - 2½
6. Eynatten 1 - Eynatten 2 6 - 2
Round 2 : 23.10.2006
1. Borgerhout - Eynatten 2 6 - 2
2. Jean Jaurès - Eynatten 1 3½ - 4½
3. SK Deurne - KBSK 2 - 6
4. Boey temse - CRELEL 5 - 3
5. SK Rochade - CREC 3 - 5
6. CE Namur - KGSRL 4 - 4
Round 2 Standings:
1. CREC 12
2. KBSK 11½
3. Eynatten 1 10½
4. CE Namur 9
Borgerhout 9
CRELEL 9
7. KGSRL 7½
SK Rochade 7½
9. Jean Jaurès 6
Boey Temse 6
11. Eynatten 2 4
Deurne 4
The 2nd Calvià Chess Festival took place October 21st-November
5th 2005. Christian Bauer won the event with 7.5/9.
Official site:
http://www.calviafestival.com/open.php?idioma=en
Final Round 9 Standings:
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II Open Calvia ESP (ESP), 21-28 x 2005
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1 Bauer, Christian FRA 2625 gm 7.5 46.5 51.0 41.75
2 Maze, Sebastien FRA 2506 im 6.5 49.0 53.5 38.00
3 Suba, Mihai ROM 2512 gm 6.5 48.5 52.5 37.00
4 Vallejo Pons, Francisco ESP 2674 gm 6.5 48.5 52.0 35.50
5 Movsziszian, Karen ARM 2461 gm 6.5 46.0 50.0 33.75
6 Campora, Daniel H. ARG 2538 gm 6.5 46.0 49.5 34.50
7 Berg, Emanuel SWE 2540 gm 6.5 44.0 48.5 34.25
8 Libiszewski, Fabien FRA 2459 im 6 46.0 50.5 29.25
9 Andersson, Ulf SWE 2565 gm 6 45.5 50.0 32.25
10 Conquest, Stuart ENG 2514 gm 6 45.5 49.5 32.00
11 Vera, Reynaldo CUB 2481 gm 6 45.5 49.5 31.50
12 Papp, Gabor HUN 2474 im 6 45.5 49.0 31.50
13 Franco Ocampos, Zenon PAR 2524 gm 6 45.0 50.0 32.75
14 Perez Candelario, Manuel ESP 2522 im 6 43.0 47.0 31.00
15 Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G. ESP 2489 gm 6 43.0 47.0 29.50
16 Kozlov, Oleg RUS 2233 im 5.5 48.5 51.5 27.75
17 Strikovic, Aleksa SCG 2492 gm 5.5 45.5 50.0 26.25
18 Fernandez Romero, Ernesto ESP 2442 im 5.5 44.0 48.5 29.50
19 Peralta, Fernando ARG 2538 gm 5.5 44.0 48.0 27.50
20 Carlsson, Pontus SWE 2435 im 5.5 42.5 45.5 26.00
21 Larino Nieto, David ESP 2325 fm 5.5 42.5 45.5 25.25
22 Epishin, Vladimir RUS 2574 gm 5.5 42.0 46.5 28.25
23 Campos Moreno, Javier B. CHI 2470 gm 5.5 41.5 45.0 24.75
Teran Alvarez, Ismael ESP 2428 im 5.5 41.5 45.0 24.75
25 Gomez Jurado, Luis Alberto ESP 2350 5.5 40.0 44.0 24.25
26 Pena Gomez, Manuel ESP 2315 5.5 40.0 43.0 21.25
27 Fischer-Nielsen, Jesper DEN 2218 5.5 36.0 39.0 21.75
28 Munar Rossello, Pedro ESP 2083 5.5 35.5 38.5 17.00
29 Permuy Lorenzo, Carlos Javier ESP 2376 fm 5 46.0 50.0 20.50
30 Leskovar, Mario ARG 2372 im 5 42.5 46.5 23.50
31 Fokin, Sergey RUS 2180 5 42.5 46.5 23.00
32 Kovacevic, Slobodan SCG 2339 im 5 41.5 45.0 21.25
33 Barcelo, Pedro ESP 2247 5 40.0 42.5 20.25
34 Mellado Trivino, Juan ESP 2426 im 5 39.5 43.0 21.50
35 Olsen, Peter Erik DEN 2281 5 38.5 42.5 16.50
36 Pogorelov, Ruslan UKR 2439 gm 5 38.0 41.5 20.00
37 Norberg, Johan SWE 2212 5 38.0 40.0 20.25
38 Cabrera Trujillo, Jorge ESP 2121 5 38.0 40.0 16.25
39 Sion Castro, Marcelino ESP 2392 im 5 36.5 40.5 22.00
40 Hoenick, Andreas GER 2158 5 36.0 38.5 18.50
41 Tscharotschkin, Michael GER 2216 5 35.0 37.5 18.50
42 Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael ESP 2246 im 4.5 42.0 45.0 20.00
Nygren, Kim SWE 2231 4.5 42.0 45.0 20.00
44 Jaksland, Tim DEN 2323 fm 4.5 40.5 44.0 20.00
45 Heyken, Enno GER 2332 im 4.5 40.0 43.5 19.25
46 Ilic, Ljubomir MKD 2242 fm 4.5 40.0 41.0 18.00
47 Galiana, Juan Ramon ESP 2239 fm 4.5 39.5 42.5 18.75
48 Perez Aleman, Pedro Tomÿs ESP 2202 4.5 37.5 41.5 17.25
49 Erlandsen, Carsten DEN 2155 4.5 37.5 41.5 15.50
50 Machin Arbelo, Pedro Alexis ESP 2040 4.5 37.0 40.5 19.25
51 Gomez Baillo, Jorge H. ARG 2422 im 4.5 37.0 39.5 18.25
52 Vilar Lopez, Monica ESP 2180 wfm 4.5 36.0 39.0 17.50
53 Rhein, Klaus GER 2111 4.5 36.0 37.5 11.25
54 Forsberg, Viktor SWE 2118 4.5 34.5 36.5 15.75
55 Ehsan, Ali ESP 2083 4.5 34.0 36.5 15.25
56 Ruiz Vinals, Matias ESP 2071 4.5 33.5 35.5 14.75
57 Pont Mulet, Antonio ESP 2196 4.5 33.0 34.5 13.75
58 Perez Fungueiro, Manuel A. ESP 2277 4 41.0 42.5 16.50
59 Frick, Renato LIE 2159 4 37.5 40.5 15.75
60 Luijpen, Michiel NED 2143 4 37.0 40.0 15.00
61 Svendsen, Peter DEN 2017 4 36.0 39.5 16.75
62 Johansson, Christian SWE 2149 4 35.5 38.5 13.50
63 Valls Casas, Jordi ESP 2071 4 35.0 38.0 13.00
64 Recker, Uwe GER 1963 4 34.0 35.0 14.25
65 Nilsson, Lars Kjoller DEN 2030 4 33.5 36.5 14.00
66 Franc, Nathalie FRA 2051 4 30.5 32.5 12.75
67 Oliver Serrano, Angel ESP 2111 4 28.0 30.5 11.75
68 Lucena Cifre, Rafael Jose ESP 1921 4 28.0 30.0 9.00
69 Akhanov, Dauren KAZ 2100 3.5 37.5 40.5 12.25
70 Mihailovs, Jurijs LAT 2299 3.5 37.0 39.0 11.25
71 Svenninggaard, Thomas DEN 2174 3.5 36.5 39.5 12.75
72 Enseñat Calafell, Jose Luis ESP 3.5 34.0 37.0 8.00
73 Torres Samper, Rafael ESP 2111 3.5 34.0 35.0 10.25
74 Edlund, Robin SWE 2216 3.5 33.0 35.0 10.25
75 Planas Gene, Juan ESP 2203 3.5 32.5 33.5 8.75
76 Campos Calvo-Sotelo, Juan ESP 1986 3.5 29.5 30.5 8.50
77 Diez Fraile, Mariano ESP 2110 3 35.5 37.5 10.00
78 Orcera Gomez, Francisco ESP 3 32.0 34.0 6.00
79 Moreno Cervera, Jose Luis ESP 1957 3 31.0 33.0 8.75
80 Hernandez Rodriguez, Andrea ESP 3 31.0 32.5 8.50
81 Abadia Pascual, Luis ESP 3 30.5 32.5 9.75
82 Morant Sampol, Jaime ESP 3 30.5 32.5 9.00
83 Cerdo Fernandez, Miguel ESP 2072 3 30.5 31.5 7.00
84 Kuenitz, Klaus GER 1891 3 29.0 31.0 8.00
85 Kuenitz, Michael GER 3 27.5 28.5 6.00
86 Juan Mas, Santiago ESP 2077 2.5 33.5 35.5 7.50
87 Oliver Font, Jose Luis ESP 2.5 32.0 34.5 5.25
88 Gonzalez Campo, Greta ESP 1900 . 2.5 31.5 33.5 7.50
89 Devesa Raris, Lorena ESP 1675 2.5 31.5 33.0 6.50
90 Lorenzo Serrano, Henar ESP 2.5 26.5 28.0 3.25
91 Febrero Perez, Lluis ESP 1841 2 29.0 31.0 2.75
92 Pousada Gonzalez, Almudena ESP 1885 2 26.0 27.0 4.25
93 Baldo Company, Jordi ESP 1.5 29.5 31.5 2.00
94 Guzman Robles, Manuel CHI 2037 0 4.5 4.5 0.00
Schaper, Jens GER 1881 0 4.5 4.5 0.00
FIDE Zonal 2.4 took place in Sao Paulo 22nd-30th October 2005. Gilberto
Milos won with 6.5/9. Mecking and Lima progressed after a tie-break with
Leitão. All games ended in a draw and Leitão missed a spot
because of his inferior partage system. Vescovi and Milos had already qualified
from the Continental Championship. It was the first time that all six Brazilian
GMs had played in the same tournament. It's also the first time that Mecking
qualifies for the WCC cycle after the Manila Interzonal 1976. Karen Zapata,
from Peru, qualified in the women's tournament also after tie-break. Games were
played with 1h30 for all moves with an increment of 30 seconds. Tie-breaks with
20 minutes + 10 seconds. News: Herman van Riemsdijk.
Note that Carlos Castana didn't get a bye win in the first round as I
reported last week.
Official site: http://www.cxsp.com.br/Zonal2005/Zonal2005.htm
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zt 2.4 Sao Paulo BRA (BRA), 22-30 x 2005
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2620 +10 =12 + 5 = 2 + 7 = 3 +11 = 4 = 8 6.5 2621
2. Mecking, Henrique g BRA 2549 +14 = 7 + 6 = 1 = 3 = 4 = 5 = 9 =10 5.5 2591
3. Lima, Darcy g BRA 2529 =11 + 9 = 7 +12 = 2 = 1 = 4 = 5 = 6 5.5 2560
4. Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2586 =13 -11 + 8 = 5 + 9 = 2 = 3 = 1 +14 5.5 2549
5. Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2646 = 9 +13 - 1 = 4 =11 + 7 = 2 = 3 +12 5.5 2544
6. Cordova, Emilio m PER 2434 +15 +14 - 2 =10 + 8 - 9 +13 = 7 = 3 5.5 2478
7. Sunye Neto, Jaime g BRA 2522 + 8 = 2 = 3 +11 - 1 - 5 +10 = 6 = 9 5.0 2524
8. Di Berardino, Diego Rafael BRA 2312 - 7 +10 - 4 +13 - 6 +14 = 9 +12 = 1 5.0 2488
9. Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2453 = 5 - 3 =13 +14 - 4 + 6 = 8 = 2 = 7 4.5 2483
10. Limp, Eduardo m BRA 2447 - 1 - 8 +14 = 6 +12 =11 - 7 =13 = 2 4.0 2370
11. El Debs, Felipe de Cresce f BRA 2341 = 3 + 4 =12 - 7 = 5 =10 - 1 -14 =13 3.5 2397
12. Castaneda, Carlos PER 2171 . = 1 =11 - 3 -10 =13 +14 - 8 - 5 2.5 2317
13. Zambrana, Oswaldo m BOL 2409 = 4 - 5 = 9 - 8 -14 =12 - 6 =10 =11 2.5 2251
14. Assumpcao, Roberto BRA 2364 - 2 - 6 -10 - 9 +13 - 8 -12 +11 - 4 2.0 2191
15. BYE ---- - 6 . . . . . . . . 0.0
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1 Milos Jr, Gilberto BRA 2620 6½ 19932 34½ 39½ 42½
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2*Mecking, Henrique Costa BRA 2549 5½ 20237 30½ 41½ 43½
Lima, Darcy Gustavo BRA 2529 5½ 20151 29½ 41 44
Vescovi, Giovanni Portilho BRA 2646 5½ 20009 25½ 39 41½
Leitão, Rafael Duailibe BRA 2586 5½ 19911 25 38½ 40½
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6 Sunyé Nt, Jaime BRA 2522 5 20019 27 41½ 45
Di Berardino, Diego Rafael BRA 2312 5 19835 22 36 38
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8 Matsuura, Everaldo BRA 2453 4½ 21 39½ 41½
Córdova, Emilio PER 2434 4½ 20½ 36½ 38½
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10 Limp, Eduardo Thélio BRA 2447 4 19551 18½ 36 38
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11 Castañeda, Carlos PER 2171 3½ 21½ 37 39
El Debs, Felipe de Cresce BRA 2341 3½ 21 37½ 39½
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13 Zambrana, Osvaldo BOL 2409 2½ 19583 11½ 36 38
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14 Assumpção, Roberto BRA 2364 2 19531 7 36 38½
zt 2.4 w Sao Paulo BRA (BRA), 22-27 x 2005
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1 2 3
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1 Duarte, Tatiana wf BRA 2126 ** 00 11 2.0 2107
2 Zapata, Karen wm PER 2214 11 ** 00 2.0 2063
3 Feliciano,Vanessa BRA ---- 00 11 ** 2.0 2170
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zt 2.4 w po Sao Paulo BRA (BRA), 28-28 x 2005
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1 2 3
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1 Zapata, Karen wm PER 2214 ** 11 =1 3.5 2399
2 Duarte, Tatiana wf BRA 2126 00 ** =1 1.5 2020
3 Feliciano,Vanessa BRA ---- =0 =0 ** 1.0 1977
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The United States Chess League sees 8 of the strongest cities in the US
compete with each other in front of a live Internet audience on ICC. News: Greg
Shahade.
Official site: http://www.uschessleague.com/
Week 9 26th October 2005
Carolina-Miami match was postponed due to the hurricane,
details on that will follow as they come.
(7.0-1.0) New York Knights vs Baltimore Kingfishers (4.5-3.5) (Season Record
in Parenthesis)
Starts at 7:00 PM ET Time Control - Game 90 with 30 second increment
+-----------------------------+----+----+----------------------------+
|New York Knights | | |Baltimore Kingfishers |
+-----------------------------+----+----+----------------------------+
|GM Alex Stripunsky - 2663 |0.5 |0.5 |IM Pascal Charbonneau - 2506|
+-----------------------------+----+----+----------------------------+
|NM Gregory Braylovsky - 2376 |1.0 |0.0 |FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat - 2453|
+-----------------------------+----+----+----------------------------+
|WGM elect Jenn Shahade - 2318|0.0 |1.0 |WGM Katerina Rohonyan - 2309|
+-----------------------------+----+----+----------------------------+
|FM Dr. Lewis Eisen - 2325 |0.0 |1.0 |NM John Rouleau - 2302 |
+-----------------------------+----+----+----------------------------+
|Avg Rating - 2420 | | |Avg Rating - 2392 |
+-----------------------------+----+----+----------------------------+
|New York Total ------- |1.5 |2.5 |------- Baltimore Total |
+-----------------------------+----+----+----------------------------+
(3.0-5.0) Boston Blitz vs Philadelphia Masterminds (3.5-4.5) (Season Record
in Parenthesis)
Starts at 7:00 PM ET Time Control - Game 90 with 30 second increment
+----------------------------+----+----+--------------------------+
|Boston Blitz | | |Philadelphia Masterminds |
+----------------------------+----+----+--------------------------+
|GM Larry Christiansen - 2596|1.0 |0.0 |FM Norman Rogers - 2307 |
+----------------------------+----+----+--------------------------+
|IM Josh Friedel - 2477 |0.0 |1.0 |IM Richard Costigan - 2295|
+----------------------------+----+----+--------------------------+
|NM Charles Riordan - 2272 |1.0 |0.0 |NM Elvin Wilson - 2239 |
+----------------------------+----+----+--------------------------+
|Ilya Krasik - 2123 |1.0 |0.0 |FM Boris Baczynskyj - 2236|
+----------------------------+----+----+--------------------------+
|Avg Rating - 2367 | | |Avg Rating - 2269 |
+----------------------------+----+----+--------------------------+
|Boston Total ------- |3.0 |1.0 |------- Philadelphia Total|
+----------------------------+----+----+--------------------------+
Carolina Cobras (2.5-5.5) vs Miami Sharks (5.0-3.0) (Season Record in
Parenthesis)
DUE TO HURRICANE WILMA AND THE PROBLEMS/DAMAGE IT CAUSED, THE MATCH BETWEEN
MIAMI AND CAROLINA WAS AGREED DRAWN BY BOTH SIDES
+-----------------+----+----+--------------+
|Carolina Cobras | | |Miami Sharks |
+-----------------+----+----+--------------+
| |0.5 |0.5 | |
+-----------------+----+----+--------------+
| |0.5 |0.5 | |
+-----------------+----+----+--------------+
| |0.5 |0.5 | |
+-----------------+----+----+--------------+
| |0.5 |0.5 | |
+-----------------+----+----+--------------+
|Avg Rating - | | |Avg Rating - |
+-----------------+----+----+--------------+
|Carolina Total |2.0 |2.0 |----- Miami |
|------- | | |Total |
+-----------------+----+----+--------------+
(2.5-5.5) Dallas Destiny vs San Francisco Mechanics (4.0-4.0)
(Season Record in Parenthesis)
Starts at 8:30 PM ET Time Control - Game 60 with 30 second increment
+---------------------------+----+----+----------------------------+
|Dallas Destiny | | |San Francisco Mechanics |
+---------------------------+----+----+----------------------------+
|GM Alejandro Ramirez - 2565|0.5 |0.5 |IM Vinay Bhat - 2462 |
+---------------------------+----+----+----------------------------+
|IM Peter Vavrak - 2476 |1.0 |0.0 |FM Dmitry Zilberstein - 2435|
+---------------------------+----+----+----------------------------+
|FM Daniel Fernandez - 2389 |0.0 |1.0 |FM David Pruess - 2432 |
+---------------------------+----+----+----------------------------+
|Andres Suarez - 2087 |0.0 |1.0 |NM Andy Lee - 2231 |
+---------------------------+----+----+----------------------------+
|Avg Rating - 2379 | | |Avg Rating - 2390 |
+---------------------------+----+----+----------------------------+
|Dallas Total ------- |1.5 |2.5 |----- San Francisco Total |
+---------------------------+----+----+----------------------------+
* Team listed first has white on boards 1+3
** Team Avg Rating must be Under 2400 - click here to read about exceptions
The standings are as follows:
+----------------+----+----+--------------+
|EASTERN DIVISION|W |L |Pts./36 games |
+----------------+----+----+--------------+
|!! New York |7 |2 |22 (61%) |
+----------------+----+----+--------------+
|! Baltimore |5.5 |3.5 |21.5 (60%) |
+----------------+----+----+--------------+
|Boston |4 |5 |16.5 (46%) |
+----------------+----+----+--------------+
|Philadelphia |3.5 |5.5 |15 (42%) |
+----------------+----+----+--------------+
+----------------+----+----+--------------+
|WESTERN DIVISION|W |L |Pts./36 games |
+----------------+----+----+--------------+
|! Miami |5.5 |3.5 |19 (53%) |
+----------------+----+----+--------------+
|! San Francisco |5 |4 |19 (53%) |
+----------------+----+----+--------------+
|Carolina |3 |6 |15.5 (43%) |
+----------------+----+----+--------------+
|Dallas |2.5 |6.5 |15.5 (43%) |
+----------------+----+----+--------------+
! = Clinched Playoff Birth
!! = Clinched Division Title
* Top two teams from each division qualify for the playoffs. Results are
calculated by Total MATCH points. Whoever has the most points in the "W" (win)
column, is in the lead in the standings. Total game points + win percentage are
used as a tiebreaker. To see the rest of the tiebreak procedures click here **
Each division winner will get draw odds in the first round of the playoffs
against the division runner up.
The Indonesian Chess Federation organised the Jababeka Women's
International Chess Tournament at the Hotel Kartika Chandra, Jakarta,
Indonesia, October 21st-27th, 2005. Jana Krivec and Nana Alexandria finished on
9/11. Note Irine Kharisma Sukandar seems to have two entries in the FIDE rating
list. One with a rating another with an FM title (Kharisma S., Irene).
The official sites are http://www.percasi.com and
http://www.indochess.com
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Jababeka Women Jakarta INA (INA), 21-27 x 2005
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Krivec, Jana wm SLO 2279 * 1 = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2384
2. Alexandria, Nana wg GEO 2323 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 2380
3. Sukandar, Irine Kharisma INA 2092 = = * 1 0 1 1 1 = 1 0 1 7.5 2272
4. Tamin, Upi Darmayana wm INA 2219 1 = 0 * = = = 1 1 0 1 1 7.0 2229
5. Khegai, Angela wm UZB 2243 = 0 1 = * 0 1 0 = 1 1 1 6.5 2190
6. Lindiawati, Evi INA 2091 0 0 0 = 1 * = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2204
7. Lumongdong, Lisa Karlina wm INA 2163 0 0 0 = 0 = * = 1 1 1 1 5.5 2132
8. Cheri,Stefani Dian INA ---- 0 0 0 0 1 = = * 0 1 1 1 5.0 2111
9. Zakharova, Adelaida wf RUS 2071 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 * = = = 3.5 2008
10. Vidawati, Sri INA 2122 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 = * 1 = 3.0 1961
11. Hui, Sau-Mun Dawn SIN 2005 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 1 2.5 1936
12. Roslina, Marmono MAS 2016 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 * 1.0 1763
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The Corisca International Rapid takes place in Bastia 30th October - 3rd
November 2005. 100,000 Euros of prizes usually attracts a strong field. Leading
players include Viswanathan Anand, Judit Polgar, Michael Adams and Etienne
Bacrot.
Official site: http://www.opencorsica.com/
9th Bayerische International Chess Open, takes place in Bad Wiessee
takes place 29th October - 6th November 2005. Delchev, Miroshnichenko, Khenkin
and Landa are the top seeds.
Further details: http://www.oibm-bad-wiessee.de/
27th Arco Chess Festival takes place 22nd-30th October 2005. Simen
Agdestein, Thomas Luther, Sergey Zagrebelny, Mikhail M Ivanov, Jacob Aagaard
and Aleksandar H. Wohl are amongst the players.
Official site: http://www.arcoworldchess.com/
Leading Round 5 Standings:
1 Agdestein Simen GM NOR 4.5 19.5
2 Ivanov Mikhail M GM RUS 4.5 17.0
3 Manca Federico IM ITA 4.5 16.0
4 Mukic Josko FM CRO 4.0 18.0 2.5 4
5 Luther Thomas GM GER 4.0 18.0 2.5 3
6 Aagaard Jacob IM DEN 4.0 18.0 2.0
7 Bronznik Valerij IM UKR 4.0 17.5
8 Isonzo David FM ITA 4.0 17.0 2.5
9 Bogdanov Valentin IM UKR 4.0 17.0 2.0
10 Zagrebelny Sergey GM UZB 1 4.0 16.5
11 Wohl Aleksandar H. IM AUS 4.0 16.0
12 Moser Eva IM AUT 3.5 18.0 2.5
13 Caruana Fabiano FM USA 3.5 18.0 2.0
14 Dittmar Peter FM GER 1 3.5 18.0 1.5
15 Mazet Julien FRA 3.5 17.0
16 Scharrer Patrick ITA 3.5 16.0 2.0
17 Fossum Oystein Boyum NOR 1 3.5 16.0 1.0
18 Ager Josef AUT 3.5 15.5
19 Schacher Gerd ITA 3.5 15.0 2.5
20 Diotallevi Maurizio ITA 1 3.5 15.0 1.0
21 Lymar Irina WG UKR 3.5 14.5 2.0
22 Dalponte Dino ITA 3.5 14.5 1.5 2
23 Cazzaniga Walter ITA 3.5 14.5 1.5 2
24 Crea Vincenzo ITA 1 3.5 14.5
116 players
Zonal 3.3 took place in Beijing, China. If the results derived from the
games are correct Yu Shaoteng took first on Sonnen-berger tie-break and Wang
Hao took the second place after a playoff match. Hou Yifan won the women's
event.
Further details in Chinese: http://www.chende.net/
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zt 3.3 Beijing CHN (CHN), 20-25 x 2005 cat. X (2498)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Yu Shaoteng g CHN 2516 * = = 1 1 1 1 = = 1 7.0 2715
2. Wang Hao CHN 2519 = * = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2715
3. Wang Rui m CHN 2474 = = * = 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2720
4. Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2637 0 = = * = 1 1 = 1 1 6.0 2607
5. Liang Chong g CHN 2515 0 0 0 = * = 1 = 1 1 4.5 2495
6. Zhou Weiqi CHN 2416 0 0 0 0 = * = 1 = 1 3.5 2426
7. Zhou Jianchao CHN 2516 0 = = 0 0 = * = = = 3.0 2370
8. Ye Rongguang g CHN 2472 = 0 0 = = 0 = * 0 1 3.0 2375
9. Wu Wenjin g CHN 2523 = 0 0 0 0 = = 1 * 0 2.5 2329
10. Wei Chenpeng f CHN 2390 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 * 1.5 2236
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Wang Hao - Wang Rui 1-0 51 B07 Pirc Defence
Wang Rui - Wang Hao 1/2 54 D12 Slav Defence
zt 3.3 po Beijing CHN (CHN), 25-25 x 2005
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1 2
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Wang Hao CHN 2519 1 = 1.5 2667
Wang Rui m CHN 2474 0 = 0.5 2326
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zt 3.3 w Beijing CHN (CHN), 20-25 x 2005 cat. V (2354)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Hou Yifan wf CHN 2220 * 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 6.0 2493
2. Shen Yang CHN 2326 1 * = 0 1 = 0 1 1 = 5.5 2437
3. Qin Kanying wg CHN 2472 1 = * 0 = = 1 = 1 = 5.5 2420
4. Zhao Xue wg CHN 2478 0 1 1 * 0 1 = 0 1 1 5.5 2420
5. Ruan Lufei CHN 2345 0 0 = 1 * = 1 = = 1 5.0 2398
6. Gong Qianyun CHN 2374 0 = = 0 = * = 1 = 1 4.5 2351
7. Wang Yu CHN 2109 0 1 0 = 0 = * = 1 = 4.0 2338
8. Xu Yuanyuan wg CHN 2420 0 0 = 1 = 0 = * 1 0 3.5 2266
9. Li Ruofan wg CHN 2398 1 0 0 0 = = 0 0 * 1 3.0 2224
10. Huang Qian wm CHN 2398 0 = = 0 0 0 = 1 0 * 2.5 2183
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The 10th Annual Governor's Cup took place in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
October 28th-30th 2005. Some games may follow. News: John Donaldson.
Leading Final Standings Open section: 1-3. GM Ehlvest (EST) 2618, GM
Yermolinsky 2549 (USA) and IM Simutowe 2458 (ZAM) 4/5 3-6. GM Kudrin 2551
(USA), IM Donaldson 2405 (USA) and FM Karklins (USA) 2246 3.5 =7. GM
Wojtkiewicz(USA) 2570, IM Kustar (HUN) 2375 .... 3
31st Guernsey International Chess Festival 16th-22nd October 2005 The
venue was the Cobo Bay hotel in Guernsey. The playing hall had spectacular
views over the bay. The blue water was often calm but mainly crashing against
the red granite rocks a bit like the chess as well. There were 52 players in
the Open tournament and 39 in the Holiday tournament. The tournament began
under a cloud with the news of the very sad loss of highly respected arbiter
Steve Boniface. One of the players was also a qualified arbiter, and he stepped
in until the arrival of BCF chief arbiter David Welch, who kindly rushed to our
aid in the sad and unfortunate circumstances. Grand Master Tiger
Hillarp-Persson and International Master Robert Bellin both began the
tournament with comfortable wins in the first round. Grand Master Oleg Korneev
took a half point bye in the first round and began play in round two.
Hillarp-Persson and Korneev met in round 5 (Korneev white) and played a very
sharp Sicilian which ended in a draw being agreed after 24 moves.
Hillarp-Persson this time with white was again held to a draw this time by
Bellin in round 6 with an interesting Dutch defence. Korneev and Bellin were
not paired in the final round and of course this left the door open for Korneev
to take first place outright which he duly did. The day after the close of the
tournament it's creator and inspiration for many years also passed away at the
grand age of 91. Report: Fred Hamperl.
Crosstable:
http://www.guernseychessclub.org.gg/festival/festival.asp
and website: http://www.guernseychessclub.org.gg
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31st Guernsey Open Cobo Bay GCI (GCI), 16-22 x 2005
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1. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2601 6.0
2. Bellin, Robert m ENG 2374 5.5
Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2534 5.5
4. Havenaar, Jan NED 2195 5.0
5. Roberts, Paul SCO 2201 4.5
Lock, Gavin R. ENG 2178 4.5
Goater, Kevin ENG 2178 4.5
Hensbergen, Willem NED 2106 4.5
Heppell, In ENG 2165 4.5
De Kruif, Kees NED 2054 4.5
Taylor, Martin R. f ENG 2311 4.5
Carpenter, P GCI ---- 4.5
52 players
The first two rounds of the 4NCL League took place over the weekend of
22nd-23rd October 2005. The venue is the Paragon Hotel Birmingham.
The official site reports "In Division 1, only one team managed to win
both matches. Barbican 4NCL 1 top the table with convincing wins over their
second team and North West Eagles 1. One of the features of the weekend was the
strong performance of two of the promoted teams, Slough Sharks 1 and Hilsmark
Kingfisher 1. Slough Sharks gave reigning champions Wood Green 1 a tough fight
in the first round and were perhaps unfortunate to be held to a 4-4 draw.
Likewise, Hilsmark scored a 4-4 draw against Guildford ADC-1, with big-hitter
Andrew Greet defeating British Champion Jonathan Rowson. We reckon this is
Andrew’s 15th consecutive win in the 4NCL."
The also paid tribute to Chief Arbiter, Steve Boniface (1951 - 2005) who
died just prior to the Guernsey Congress. Read a tribute by John Richards:
http://www.johnrichards.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/horfield/steve_boniface.htm
My thanks to Arthur Brameld for the games.
Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/
Round 1
WOOD GREEN 1 2586 4 - 4 SLOUGH SHARKS 1 2529
w Shirov, Alexei g 2710 1 - 0 Kogan, Artur g 2574
b Bologan, Victor g 2682 0 - 1 Navara, David g* 2646
w Tiviakov, Sergei g* 2700 ½ - ½ Berkes, Ferenc g 2596
b Speelman, Jonathan S g 2539 ½ - ½ Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g 2606
w Gormally, Daniel W m 2566 ½ - ½ Pert, Nicholas g 2500
b Baburin, Alexander g 2511 ½ - ½ Czakon, Jakub 2477
w Emms, John M g 2502 ½ - ½ Jackova, Jana m(w)2389
b Cmilyte, Viktorija m(w)2480 ½ - ½ Jones, Gawain C B m 2444
GUILDFORD-ADC1 2483 5 - 3 GUILDFORD-ADC2 2341
w Rowson, Jonathan g 2599 0 - 1 Shaw, John K m 2432
b Hebden, Mark L g 2514 1 - 0 Wallace, John P m 2392
w King, Daniel J g 2526 1 - 0 Buckley, Graeme m 2391
b Plaskett, James g 2485 ½ - ½ Collas, Silvia wg 2373
w Cherniaev, Alexander g 2472 ½ - ½ Povah, Nigel E m 2353
b Howell, David W L m 2475 ½ - ½ Ciuksyte, Dagne wg 2370
w Collas, Didier m 2439 1 - 0 Abayasekera, Roger 2210
b Lalic, Susan wg(m)2356 ½ - ½ Anderton, Matthew N 2205
NORTH WEST EAGLES 1 2249 2½-5½ The ADs 1 2342
w Morrison, Graham f 2326 ½ - ½ Chandler, Murray G g 2537
b Littlewood, John E f 2275 0 - 1 Hennigan, Michael T m 2400
w van der Linden, Lukas 2281 0 - 1 Jirka, Jiri m 2387
b Carleton, John J 2284 1 - 0 Cernousek, Lukas 2379
w Kennaugh, Charles W f 2274 0 - 1 Richardson, John R f 2356
b Hague, Ben 2300 ½ - ½ Wheeler, Darren P 2239
w Lyell, Mark f* 2203 0 - 1 Anderton, David c 2267
b Milligan, Helen wf 2045 ½ - ½ Bellin, Jana wg 2170
BARBICAN 4NCL 2 2251 2½-5½ BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2385
w Cox, John J f 2384 0 - 1 Parker, Jonathan g 2515
b Pritchett, Craig W m 2291 0 -1 Kelly, Brian m 2496
w Devereaux, Maxim f 2344 ½ - ½ Collins, Sam f 2408
b Berry, Neil 2289 ½ - ½ Webster, Andrew m 2411
w Taylor, Martin R f 2311 1 - 0 Ferguson, Mark m 2392
b Coleman, David c 2245 ½ - ½ Collinson, Adam f 2385
w Taylor, Peter 2241 0 - 1 Knott, Simon m 2378
b Smith, Lucy w 1900 0 - 1 Bhatia, Kanwal K w 2091
3Cs OLDHAM 1 2294 4 - 4 HILSMARK KINGFISHER 1 2404
w Davies, Nigel R g 2521 ½ - ½ Williams, Simon K m 2452
b Haslinger, Stewart m 2426 0 - 1 Arkell, Keith C g 2475
w Gordon, Stephen J f 2411 0 - 1 Greet, Andrew N m 2428
b Ashton, Adam G 2331 1 - 0 Trent, Lawrence m 2423
w Longson, Alexander 2264 1 - 0 Berzinsh, Roland m 2447
b Bentley, John L 2244 ½ - ½ Crouch, Colin m 2365
w Walton, Alan J c 2197 1 - 0 Houska, Jovanka m 2351
b Martin, Katie w 1956 0 - 1 Broomfield, Matthew 2288
BETSSON.COM 2296 2 - 6 WOOD GREEN 2 2418
w Ledger, Andrew J m 2438 1 - 0 Ward, Christopher g 2475
b Ansell, Simon m 2383 0 - 1 Martin, Andrew D m 2433
w Webb, Laurence E f 2336 0 - 1 Levitt, Jonathan P g 2448
b Duncan, Christopher R 2332 ½ - ½ Littlewood, Paul E m 2366
w Eames, Robert G f 2320 ½ - ½ Arakhamia-Grant, Ket. m(w)2426
b Ledger, David J f 2278 0 - 1 Pert, Richard G m 2429
w Ledger, Stephen C 2171 0 - 1 Sowray, Peter J f 2352
b Tidman, Sophie wf 2106 0 - 1 Rechel, Bernd m 2416
Round 2
HILSMARK KINGFISHER 1 2406 4 - 4 GUILDFORD-ADC1 2483
w Greet, Andrew N m 2428 1 - 0 Rowson, Jonathan g 2599
b Berzinsh, Roland m 2447 ½ - ½ Hebden, Mark L g 2514
w Williams, Simon K m 2452 0 - 1 King, Daniel J g 2526
b Trent, Lawrence m 2423 0 - 1 Plaskett, James g 2485
w Arkell, Keith C g 2475 ½ - ½ Cherniaev, Alexander g 2472
b Crouch, Colin m 2365 1 - 0 Howell, David W L m 2475
w Houska, Jovanka m 2351 0 - 1 Collas, Didier m 2439
b Cooper, Lawrence m 2303 1 - 0 Collas, Silvia wg 2373
BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2384 5 - 3 NORTH WEST EAGLES 1 2233
w Parker, Jonathan g 2515 ½ - ½ Morrison, Graham f 2326
b Kelly, Brian m 2496 0 - 1 Littlewood, John E f 2275
w Collins, Sam f 2408 1 - 0 Kennaugh, Charles W f 2274
b Cox, John J f 2384 ½ - ½ Hague, Ben 2300
w Ferguson, Mark m 2392 1 - 0 Lyell, Mark f* 2203
b Webster, Andrew m 2411 0 - 1 Lund, D Brett 2231
w Knott, Simon m 2378 1 - 0 Hulmes, David I 2206
b Bhatia, Kanwal K w 2091 1 - 0 Milligan, Helen wf 2045
WOOD GREEN 2 2402 2 - 6 WOOD GREEN 1 2586
w Levitt, Jonathan P g 2448 0 - 1 Shirov, Alexei g 2710
b Martin, Andrew D m 2433 0 - 1 Bologan, Victor g 2682
w Arakhamia-Grant,Ket. m(w)2426 ½ - ½ Tiviakov, Sergei g* 2700
b Pert, Richard G m 2429 ½ - ½ Speelman, Jonathan S g 2539
w Sowray, Peter J f 2352 1 - 0 Gormally, Daniel W m 2566
b Littlewood, Paul E m 2366 0 - 1 Baburin, Alexander g 2511
w Tiller, Bjorn m 2346 0 - 1 Emms, John M g 2502
b Rechel, Bernd m 2416 0 - 1 Cmilyte, Viktorija m(w)2480
GUILDFORD-ADC2 2341 6 - 2 3Cs OLDHAM 1 2294
w Shaw, John K m 2432 ½ - ½ Davies, Nigel R g 2521
b Wallace, John P m 2392 1 - 0 Haslinger, Stewart m 2426
w Buckley, Graeme m 2391 ½ - ½ Gordon, Stephen J f 2411
b Ciuksyte, Dagne wg 2370 1 - 0 Ashton, Adam G 2331
w Povah, Nigel E m 2353 1 - 0 Longson, Alexander 2264
b Lalic, Susan m(wg)2356 ½ - ½ Bentley, John L 2244
w Cooksey, Paul S 2253 ½ - ½ Walton, Alan J c 2197
b Anderton, Matthew N 2205 1 - 0 Martin, Katie w 1956
SLOUGH SHARKS 1 2469 6 - 2 BETSSON.COM 2296
w Navara, David g* 2646 1 - 0 Ledger, Andrew J m 2438
b Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g 2606 1 - 0 Ansell, Simon m 2383
w Pert, Nicholas g 2500 1 - 0 Webb, Laurence E f 2336
b Czakon, Jakub 2477 ½ - ½ Duncan, Christopher R 2332
w Jones, Gawain C B m 2444 1 - 0 Eames, Robert G f 2320
b Jackova, Jana m(w)2389 1 - 0 Ledger, David J f 2278
w Gourlay, Iain f 2363 ½ - ½ Ledger, Stephen C 2171
b Martyn, Rafe f 2323 0 - 1 Tidman, Sophie wf 2106
The ADs 2342 4 - 4 BARBICAN 4NCL 2 2245
w Chandler, Murray G g 2537 1 - 0 Devereaux, Maxim f 2344
b Hennigan, Michael T m 2400 1 - 0 Berry, Neil 2289
w Jirka, Jiri m 2387 0 - 1 Rogers, Jonathan W f 2340
b Cernousek, Lukas 2379 0 - 1 Pritchett, Craig W m 2291
w Richardson, John R f 2356 0 - 1 Taylor, Martin R f 2311
b Wheeler, Darren P 2239 0 - 1 Coleman, David c 2245
w Anderton, David c 2267 1 - 0 Taylor, Peter 2241
b Bellin, Jana wg 2170 1 - 0 Smith, Lucy w 1900
4NCL 2005-2006 Division 1
P W D L Gms Pts
BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2 2 0 0 10.5 4
WOOD GREEN 1 2 1 1 0 10.0 3
SLOUGH SHARKS 1 2 1 1 0 10.0 3
The ADs 2 1 1 0 9.5 3
GUILDFORD-ADC1 2 1 1 0 9.0 3
GUILDFORD-ADC2 2 1 0 1 9.0 2
HILSMARK KINGFISHER 1 2 0 2 0 8.0 2
WOOD GREEN 2 2 1 0 1 8.0 2
BARBICAN 4NCL 2 2 0 1 1 6.5 1
3Cs OLDHAM 1 2 0 1 1 6.0 1
NORTH WEST EAGLES 1 2 0 0 2 5.5 0
BETSSON.COM 2 0 0 2 4.0 0
The Bundesliga, the German chess league has started its 2005-6 season.
Three round 7 matches (a spare round which takes place on various Fridays prior
to the main rounds) plus rounds 1 and 2 too place 21st-23rd October 2005. Games
now available. 2nd double round on 12th-13th November 2005.
Official site: http://www.chessbase.de/bundesliga/
Round 7 21st October 2005
(This round takes place
on several different Fridays
before other rounds)
Venue: Neukölln
SFR Neukölln 4 - 4 SC Kreuzberg
2 Miroshnichenk 0 : 1 Aronian,Levon 1
4 Brynell,Stell 1 : 0 Almasi,Zoltan 3
5 Polzin,Rainer 1 : 0 Socko,Bartosz 4
6 Berndt,Stepha 0 : 1 Romanishin,Ol 5
7 Borriss,Marti ½ : ½ Maiwald,Jens- 6
8 Schneider,Ilj ½ : ½ Kalinitschew, 7
11 Thinius,Marco ½ : ½ Lau,Ralf 8
12 Rudolf,Henrik ½ : ½ Tischbierek,R 10
Venue: OSC Baden-Baden
OSC Baden Baden 7 - 1 SG Kirchheim
3 Bacrot,Etienn ½ : ½ Onischuk,Alex 1
7 Krasenkow,Mic 1 : 0 Wippermann,Ti 2
8 Movsesian,Ser 1 : 0 Tompa,Janos 5
9 Huebner,Rober 1 : 0 Beckhuis,Gern 6
10 Dautov,Rustem ½ : ½ Wintzer,Joach 7
11 Schlosser,Phi 1 : 0 Vonthron,Hors 8
12 Buhmann,Raine 1 : 0 Rudolph,Johan 9
13 Doettling,Fab 1 : 0 Zuse,Klaus-Pe 10
Venue: SC Eppingen
SC Eppingen 2½-5½ TV Tegernsee
1 Gyimesi,Zolta ½ : ½ Khenkin,Igor 1
2 Postny,Evgeny ½ : ½ Sokolov,Andre 2
3 Acs,Peter 0 : 1 Ribli,Zoltan 3
4 Braun,Arik ½ : ½ Bischoff,Klau 4
5 Meier,Georg 0 : 1 Boensch,Uwe 5
6 Medvegy,Zolta ½ : ½ Hertneck,Gera 7
7 Mann,Christia 0 : 1 Bromberger,St 11
9 Miltner,Arndt ½ : ½ Gross,David 12
Bundesliga Round 1 22nd October 2005
Venue: OSC Baden-Baden
OSC Baden Baden 8 - 0 SK Zehlendorf
3 Bacrot,Etienn 1 : 0 Richter,Micha 1
7 Krasenkow,Mic 1 : 0 Werner,Dimo 3
8 Movsesian,Ser 1 : 0 Janz,Frerik 4
9 Huebner,Rober 1 : 0 Heinig,Wolfra 5
10 Dautov,Rustem 1 : 0 Carmeille,Lud 6
11 Schlosser,Phi 1 : 0 Klimm,Wolf-Di 7
12 Buhmann,Raine 1 : 0 Ribic,Kasmir 10
13 Doettling,Fab 1 : 0 Kalabic,Faris 12
SG Kirchheim 5 - 3 SC Leipzig Gohli
1 Onischuk,Alex ½ : ½ Vogt,Lothar 1
2 Wippermann,Ti ½ : ½ Voigt,Roland 2
4 Gschnitzer,Os ½ : ½ Roos,Michael 3
5 Tompa,Janos 1 : 0 Zesch,Ludwig 5
6 Beckhuis,Gern ½ : ½ Schoeneberg,M 6
7 Wintzer,Joach ½ : ½ Quast,Michael 7
8 Vonthron,Hors ½ : ½ Hoffmann,Hend 9
10 Zuse,Klaus-Pe 1 : 0 Schunk,Thomas 12
Venue: Neukölln
SFR Neukölln 2½-5½ SF Katernberg
2 Miroshnichenk 0 : 1 Volokitin,And 1
4 Brynell,Stell ½ : ½ Erenburg,Serg 2
5 Polzin,Rainer ½ : ½ Kritz,Leonid 3
6 Berndt,Stepha 0 : 1 Chuchelov,Vla 4
7 Borriss,Marti ½ : ½ Glek,Igor V 5
8 Schneider,Ilj 0 : 1 Senff,Martin 9
10 Thiede,Lars 1 : 0 Siebrecht,Seb 10
11 Thinius,Marco 0 : 1 Scholz,Christ 13
SC Kreuzberg 4 - 4 SV Mülheim Nord
1 Aronian,Levon ½ : ½ Landa,Konstan 2
3 Almasi,Zoltan ½ : ½ Fridman,Danie 4
4 Socko,Bartosz ½ : ½ Levin,Felix 5
5 Romanishin,Ol 1 : 0 Schebler,Gerh 6
6 Maiwald,Jens- 0 : 1 Saltaev,Mihai 7
7 Kalinitschew, ½ : ½ Hausrath,Dani 8
8 Lau,Ralf 0 : 1 Wegener,Olaf 10
10 Tischbierek,R 1 : 0 Kern,Guido 12
Venue: Wattenscheid
SV Wattenscheid 4½-3½ Hamburger SK
2 Sargissian,Ga ½ : ½ Gustafsson,Ja 1
3 Macieja,Bartl ½ : ½ Ftacnik,Lubom 2
4 Rustemov,Alex 1 : 0 Kempinski,Rob 3
5 Johannessen,L ½ : ½ Hansen,Sune B 4
6 Holzke,Frank ½ : ½ Reeh,Oliver 7
8 Appel,Ralf 1 : 0 Heinemann,Thi 8
10 Lemmers,Oscar 0 : 1 Michaelsen,Ni 12
13 Straeter,Timo ½ : ½ Sebastian,Dir 13
SG Aljechin Soli 3½-4½ SV Werder Bremen
1 Jussupow,Artu 1 : 0 Areshchenko,A 3
2 Nikolic,Predr 1 : 0 Hracek,Zbynek 4
3 Sandipan,Chan ½ : ½ Pelletier,Yan 5
4 Baramidze,Dav 0 : 1 Babula,Vlasti 6
5 Stellwagen,Da 0 : 1 Nyback,Tomi 7
6 Naumann,Alexa ½ : ½ Fish,Gennadij 8
7 Smeets,Jan 0 : 1 Knaak,Rainer 10
9 Werle,Jan ½ : ½ Meins,Gerlef 12
Venue: Eppingen
SC Eppingen 5 - 3 Godesberger SK
1 Gyimesi,Zolta ½ : ½ Kasimdzhanov, 1
2 Postny,Evgeny 1 : 0 Jenni,Florian 2
3 Acs,Peter ½ : ½ Sprenger,Jan- 3
4 Braun,Arik 1 : 0 Seel,Christia 4
5 Meier,Georg ½ : ½ Langheinrich, 6
6 Medvegy,Zolta 0 : 1 Grafl,Florian 7
7 Mann,Christia ½ : ½ Jackelen,Thom 8
9 Miltner,Arndt 1 : 0 Armbruster,Al 9
TV Tegernsee 4½-3½ SG Köln Porz
1 Khenkin,Igor ½ : ½ Lutz,Christop 2
2 Sokolov,Andre 1 : 0 Van Wely,Loek 3
3 Ribli,Zoltan ½ : ½ Vaganian,Rafa 5
4 Bischoff,Klau 1 : 0 Timman,Jan H 6
5 Boensch,Uwe ½ : ½ Graf,Alexande 7
6 Kindermann,St ½ : ½ Gurevich,Mikh 8
7 Hertneck,Gera ½ : ½ Van den Doel, 10
11 Bromberger,St 0 : 1 Rotstein,Arka 14
Bundesliga Round 2 23rd October 2005
Venue: OSC Baden-Baden
SK Zehlendorf 2½-5½ SG Kirchheim
1 Richter,Micha 0 : 1 Onischuk,Alex 1
3 Werner,Dimo ½ : ½ Wippermann,Ti 2
4 Janz,Frerik 0 : 1 Gschnitzer,Os 4
5 Heinig,Wolfra ½ : ½ Tompa,Janos 5
6 Carmeille,Lud 0 : 1 Wintzer,Joach 7
7 Klimm,Wolf-Di ½ : ½ Vonthron,Hors 8
10 Ribic,Kasmir 1 : 0 Rudolph,Johan 9
12 Kalabic,Faris 0 : 1 Zuse,Klaus-Pe 10
SC Leipzig Gohli 1 - 7 OSC Baden Baden
1 Vogt,Lothar 0 : 1 Bacrot,Etienn 3
2 Voigt,Roland 0 : 1 Krasenkow,Mic 7
3 Roos,Michael 0 : 1 Movsesian,Ser 8
5 Zesch,Ludwig 0 : 1 Huebner,Rober 9
6 Schoeneberg,M 0 : 1 Dautov,Rustem 10
7 Quast,Michael 0 : 1 Schlosser,Phi 11
9 Hoffmann,Hend 0 : 1 Buhmann,Raine 12
12 Schunk,Thomas 1 : 0 Doettling,Fab 13
Venue: Neukölln
SF Katernberg 2½-5½ SC Kreuzberg
1 Volokitin,And ½ : ½ Aronian,Levon 1
2 Erenburg,Serg ½ : ½ Almasi,Zoltan 3
3 Kritz,Leonid 0 : 1 Socko,Bartosz 4
4 Chuchelov,Vla ½ : ½ Romanishin,Ol 5
5 Glek,Igor V ½ : ½ Maiwald,Jens- 6
9 Senff,Martin ½ : ½ Kalinitschew, 7
10 Siebrecht,Seb 0 : 1 Lau,Ralf 8
13 Scholz,Christ 0 : 1 Tischbierek,R 10
SV Mülheim Nord 4½-3½ SFR Neukölln
2 Landa,Konstan 0 : 1 Miroshnichenk 2
4 Fridman,Danie ½ : ½ Brynell,Stell 4
5 Levin,Felix ½ : ½ Polzin,Rainer 5
6 Schebler,Gerh ½ : ½ Berndt,Stepha 6
7 Saltaev,Mihai 1 : 0 Borriss,Marti 7
8 Hausrath,Dani 1 : 0 Schneider,Ilj 8
10 Wegener,Olaf 0 : 1 Thiede,Lars 10
12 Kern,Guido 1 : 0 Rudolf,Henrik 12
Venue: Wattenscheid
Hamburger SK 3½-4½ SG Aljechin Soli
1 Gustafsson,Ja ½ : ½ Jussupow,Artu 1
2 Ftacnik,Lubom 1 : 0 Nikolic,Predr 2
3 Kempinski,Rob 1 : 0 Sandipan,Chan 3
4 Hansen,Sune B 0 : 1 Baramidze,Dav 4
7 Reeh,Oliver ½ : ½ Stellwagen,Da 5
8 Heinemann,Thi ½ : ½ Naumann,Alexa 6
12 Michaelsen,Ni 0 : 1 Smeets,Jan 7
13 Sebastian,Dir 0 : 1 Werle,Jan 9
SV Werder Bremen 4½-3½ SV Wattenscheid
3 Areshchenko,A 0 : 1 Sargissian,Ga 2
4 Hracek,Zbynek ½ : ½ Macieja,Bartl 3
5 Pelletier,Yan 1 : 0 Rustemov,Alex 4
6 Babula,Vlasti 1 : 0 Johannessen,L 5
7 Nyback,Tomi 1 : 0 Holzke,Frank 6
8 Fish,Gennadij ½ : ½ Appel,Ralf 8
10 Knaak,Rainer 0 : 1 Lemmers,Oscar 10
12 Meins,Gerlef ½ : ½ Straeter,Timo 13
Venue: Eppingen
Godesberger SK 4 - 4 TV Tegernsee
1 Kasimdzhanov, ½ : ½ Khenkin,Igor 1
2 Jenni,Florian ½ : ½ Sokolov,Andre 2
3 Sprenger,Jan- ½ : ½ Ribli,Zoltan 3
4 Seel,Christia ½ : ½ Bischoff,Klau 4
6 Langheinrich, 1 : 0 Boensch,Uwe 5
7 Grafl,Florian ½ : ½ Kindermann,St 6
8 Jackelen,Thom ½ : ½ Hertneck,Gera 7
9 Armbruster,Al 0 : 1 Gross,David 12
SG Köln Porz 5½-2½ SC Eppingen
2 Lutz,Christop 0 : 1 Gyimesi,Zolta 1
3 Van Wely,Loek ½ : ½ Postny,Evgeny 2
5 Vaganian,Rafa 1 : 0 Acs,Peter 3
6 Timman,Jan H ½ : ½ Meier,Georg 5
7 Graf,Alexande ½ : ½ Medvegy,Zolta 6
8 Gurevich,Mikh 1 : 0 Mann,Christia 7
10 Van den Doel, 1 : 0 Meinhardt,Max 15
14 Rotstein,Arka 1 : 0 Eisenbeiser,A 16
Round 2 Standings:
1. OSC Baden-Baden 3 6 22
2. TV Tegernsee 3 5 14
3. SC Kreuzberg 3 4 13,5
4. SG Kirchheim 3 4 11,5
5. Werder Bremen 2 4 9
6. Mülheim Nord 2 3 8,5
7. SC Eppingen 3 2 10
8. SG Porz 2 2 9
9. SF Katernberg 2 2 8
10. SG Solingen 2 2 8
11. SV Wattenscheid 2 2 8
12. SF Neukölln 3 1 10
13. Godesberger SK 2 1 7
14. Hamburger SK 2 0 7
15. SC Leipzig-Gohlis 2 0 4
16. SK Zehlendorf 2 0 2,5
6th International Chess Festival Liberec Open 2005 took place 22nd-29th
October 2005 in Liberec (Czech Republic). Vladimir Sergeev won with 8/9.
Further details: http://www.czechtour.net
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Open A Liberec CZE (CZE), 22-29 x 2005
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1 Sergeev Vladimir m UKR 2436 8.0 51.5 40.0 2572
2 Trichkov Vasil m CZE 2333 7.0 53.0 41.5 2434
3 Baum Bernd Dr f GER 2160 7.0 49.5 37.5 2399
4 Golcman Evgeny RUS 2311 7.0 48.5 37.0 2342
5 Forman Stepan CZE 2283 6.5 50.5 39.0 2305
6 Kaderabek Jiri CZE 2149 6.5 47.0 37.5 2351
7 Karhanek Pavel CZE 2263 6.5 47.0 37.0 2244
8 Kozak Milos Ing. f CZE 2245 6.5 46.0 36.0 2287
9 Krivanek Vladimir CZE 2066 6.5 44.0 33.5 2339
10 Brauer Christian GER 2151 6.5 42.5 33.0 2250
11 Sikora-Lerch Jan m CZE 2313 6.0 55.0 43.0 2316
12 Vyskocil Neklan CZE 2318 6.0 51.5 39.0 2291
13 Cvicela Anton SVK 2177 6.0 49.5 39.0 2245
14 Kotan Ladislav m SVK 2364 6.0 48.5 38.0 2231
15 Balhar Jan CZE 2175 6.0 47.5 37.0 2252
16 Paldus Petr CZE 2077 6.0 46.0 36.0 2280
17 Malec Jan Ing. CZE 2014 6.0 43.0 34.5 2267
18 Mudra Pavel CZE 2082 6.0 42.0 34.0 2217
19 Zeinert Michal CZE 2113 5.5 50.5 40.0 2266
20 Schula Michal CZE 2245 5.5 50.5 38.0 2161
21 Kopal Josef CZE 2308 5.5 49.5 39.5 2203
22 Almond Richard ENG 2096 5.5 46.5 36.5 2202
23 Natsidis Christoph GER 2133 5.5 45.5 36.0 2224
24 Palas Ales CZE 2030 5.5 44.0 35.5 2201
25 Kana Pavel CZE 2114 5.5 43.5 33.0 2153
26 Bach Ulf GER 1943 5.5 42.5 33.5 2211
27 Kovar Vojtech CZE 2151 5.5 42.5 32.5 2193
28 Norinkeviciute Rasa LTU 2082 5.5 41.5 32.5 2223
29 Hastik Svatopluk CZE 2115 5.5 41.5 32.0 2167
30 Valenta Vit CZE 2180 5.5 40.0 31.0 2069
31 Fales Anatolij CZE 2049 5.5 38.5 30.5 2149
32 Bartos Jan f CZE 2249 5.0 53.5 41.5 2190
33 Snorek Milan CZE 2158 5.0 50.5 40.0 2162
34 Pakosta Miroslav CZE 2177 5.0 50.0 40.5 2186
35 Benes Petr CZE 2206 5.0 49.5 38.0 2112
36 Fiala Jaroslav CZE 2281 5.0 48.5 37.0 2104
37 Tejkal Jiri CZE 2052 5.0 46.5 36.0 2158
38 Kucera Petr CZE 1850 5.0 46.5 35.5 2060
39 Cakl Zdenek CZE 2119 5.0 45.5 35.5 2134
40 Allakhinova Mariana RUS 2006 5.0 45.0 35.0 2182
41 Ruzicka Milan CZE 2092 5.0 45.0 33.5 2155
42 Jina Lubos CZE 2000 5.0 43.0 33.0 2148
43 Hollmann Zdenek CZE 2041 5.0 41.5 32.0 2177
44 Kopecky Jiri Ing. CZE 2004 5.0 41.0 33.5 2175
45 Novak Frantisek CZE 2024 5.0 40.0 30.5 2137
46 Kohout Jan Ing. CZE 2010 5.0 39.5 31.5 2121
47 Prudek Jiri CZE 2003 5.0 39.5 31.0 2158
48 Rogalski Krzysztof POL 2016 5.0 38.5 31.0 2171
49 Voboril Pavel CZE 2101 5.0 38.0 30.0 2083
115 players
George Mirijanian reports: The 11th Green Mountain Open and Vermont
State Championship took place 28th-30th October 2005 at the Grand Summit Resort
in Mount Snow, Vermont, USA. GMs Alexander Ivanov of Newton, Massachusetts, and
Nick de Firmian, a resident of Denmark, tied for 1st-2nd place with scores of
4.5-0.5. They drew each other in Round 3. Runners-up with 3-2 tallies were FM
John Curdo of Auburn, Massachusetts, FM Jarod Bryan of Augusta, Maine, and
USCF-rated expert Ashok Aaron of Niskayuna, New York. The 2005 Vermont State
Championship title went to USCF-rated Class B player William Remick of White
River Junction, Vt., who scored 2.5-2.5. The tournament drew 59 players in four
sections and was directed by Steve Immitt of New York for the sponsoring
Continental Chess Association. Complete crosstables are available at
http://masschess.org
Deep Junior vs Almira Skripchenko Exhibition
Deep Junior will play Almira Skripchenko Deep Junior will play Almira
Skripchenko in an exhibition game. in the resort of Madonna di Campiglio, Italy
November 30th 2005 14:00 local in the Golf Hotel. The exhibition is part of the
Intetain conference featuring intelligent technologies for entertainment.
Almira will have the white pieces and the game will be conducted under normal
time controls. The following day (Dec. 1st) Almira will make a presentation
titled "In the mind of the grandmaster" and will conduct a simultaneous
exhibition versus a selected group of the conference attendees.
Further details and registration: http://www.intetain.org as well as
http://chess.itc.it/irst/Renderer.aspx?targetID=1347
Villa de Bilbao
II Festival Internacional de Ajedrez Villa de Bilbao takes place
19th-23rd November 2005.
Man-Machine event. Players: Ruslan Ponomariov, Rustam Kasimdzhanov and
Alexander Khalifman. Machines: Junior, Fritz and Hydra.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezbilbao.com
Wellington College International
FIDE rated, qualifying event for British Champs and part of the BCF
Grand Prix. The event takes place over 2 weekends
Friday 27th January to Sunday 29th January 2006 and Saturday 11th to
Sunday 12th February 2006
£1,000+ prize fund including a paid place in 2006 British
Championships
Venue: Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire RG45 7PU (35 miles
south west of London)
Tournament Director: IM Andrew Martin. Chief Controller: Neville
Belinfante (BCF Arbiter)
Entries, requests for accommodation lists, travel details, detailed map
and other enquiries should be addressed to :
Ray Clark High Cedars, 17 Oak End Way, Gerrards Cross, Bucks, SL9 8DA
England
Tel. (44) (0)7802 306210 (Mon.-Fri. daytime) or Tel. (44) (0)1753
883300 (other times)
E-mail rayclark.mc@tiscali.co.uk or rclark@thehackettgroup.com
World Team Championship
The World Team Championship takes place 31st October (arrival) to 11th
November (departure) 2005 in Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Official site: http://www.wccisrael.com
Armenia
1 Levon, Aronian GM 2724
2 Vladimir, Akopian GM 2707
3 Asrian, Karen GM 2645
4 Rafael A, Vaganian GM 2614
5 Smbat G, Lputian GM 2614
6 Ashot, Anastasian GM 2596
China
1 Bu, Xiang Zhi GM 2637
2 Liang, Chong GM 2524
3 Zhang, Zhong GM 2608
4 Zhang, Peng Xiang GM 2613
5 Zhou, Jian Chao GM 2516
6 Ni, Hua GM 2603
China Women
1 Hou, Yi Fan NA
2 Zhao, Xue NA 2473
3 Wang, Yue NA 2585
4 Gong, Qian Yun NA 2374
5 Huang, Qian NA 2398
6 Shen, Yang NA 2326
Cuba
1 Lenier, Dominguez Perez GM 2635
2 Lazaro, Bruzon Batista GM 2677
3 Neuris , Delgado Ramirez GM 2551
4 Jesus, Nogueiras Santiago GM 2547
5 Walter, Arencibia Rguez GM 2510
6 Yuniesky, Quezada Perez GM 2505
Georgia
1 Zurah, Azmaiparashvili GM 2658
2 Baadur, Jobava GM 2601
3 Giorgi, Giorgadze GM 2601
4 Levan, Pantsulaia GM 2578
5 Mchedlishvili, Mikheil GM 2564
6 Merab, Gagunashvili GM 2542
Israel
1 Boris, Gelfand GM 2717
2 Emil, Sutovsky GM 2654
3 Ilia, Smirin GM 2673
4 Boris, Avrukh GM 2653
5 Sergey, Erenburg GM 2582
6 Michael, Roiz GM 2600
Russia
1 Peter, Svidler GM 2740
2 Alexander, Grischuk GM 2720
3 Alexey, Dreev GM 2694
4 Alexander, Morozevich GM 2707
5 Alexander, Motylev GM 2032
6 Evgeny, Bareev GM 2675
Ukraine
1 Vassily, Ivanchuk GM 2752
2 Ruslan, Ponomarow GM 2704
3 Andriy, Volokytin GM 2671
4 Oleksander, Moiseyenko GM 2664
5 Pavlo, Eljanov GM 2639
6 Sergey, Karjakin GM 2645
USA
1 Alexander, Goldin GM 2615
2 Alexander, Onischuk GM 2628
3 Boris, Gulko GM 2589
4 Gregory, Kaidanov GM 2614
5 Igor, Novikov GM 2589
6 Ildar, Ibragimov GM 2605
Hyderabad Open
Chess Players Association of India will be conducting an International
Open Chess Tournament at Hyderabad, India from 7th to 18th Dec 2005, with a
total prize fund of US$18000 (First US$ 4500).
We request you to give wide publicity for the event in your website.
With your help, we are looking forward to have many Titled players from outside
India. For any queries please write to mailto_cpai@yahoo.co.in or
konguvelp@gmail.com
Further details: http://www.cpai.in
Hungarian Events November 2005 - August 2006
1. 5th-18th of November 2005 FIRST SATURDAY /FS/ GM-IM-FM round robins,
9-13 games, norm possibilities, in Budapest, Hungarian Chess Federation, Falk
Miksa Str.10. 2nd floor. Organisation: Nagy Laszlo, FIDE International Chess
Organizer /NL/, E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net
Website: http://www.firstsaturday.hu Other
website: http://home.hu.inter.net/~firstsat
Phone-fax: (361)-2632859, cellphone: (36)-30-230-1914 From 12:00 a.m. until
midnight - Central European Time - GMT+1 hour/
2. 17th-25th of November, Harkány Tenkes cup Open, 250 km South
West from Budapest, org:Fulop Csaba, mobile: +(36)-30-9276900
3. 19th-29th of November, IM-FM, KECSKEMET,
4. 3rd-16th of December, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, (Two GM groups - a
cat.VI.-VII and a cat.IX - X.!!!) Org: NL.
5. 27th of December 2005 - 4th of January 2006 IM-FM, Kecskemet,
6. 6th-14th of January 2006, Budapest, TAPOLCA Open, Org. Paréj
József, info: Nagy László, firstsat@hu.inter.net
7 4th-17th of February, FIRST SATURDAY GM (cat.VII and cat.IX/) -IM-FM
Budapest
8. 4th-17th of March FS GM-IM-FM, Org.NL.
9. 23rd- 31st of March SPRING FESTIVAL 9 rounds Swiss Open Budapest,
org.: NL.
10. 1st-14rth of April, FS cat.VII, IX, XII GM events, IM and FM closed
tournaments, Budapest, org.NL.
11. 14th-22nd of April, BUDAPEST Open, 9 rounds Swiss, organizer: IM
Rigo, e-mail: me-ri@t-online.hu
12. 6th-18th of May, Budapest, FS GM-IM-FM, org.NL.
13. 20th-30th of May, Budapest, ELEKES memorial GM-IM closed tmt,
org.IM Zsinka, e-mail: zsinkala@axelero.hu
14. 3rd-16th of June, FIRST SATURDAY GM /cat.VII and cat IX together/ -
IM-FM closed tournaments, Budapest, Org.NL.
15. 17th-25th of June, BALATONLELLE Open, GM-IM closed, org. IM RIGO,
e-mail: me-ri@t-online-hu
16. 1st-13th of July, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM closed, Bp. Org.NL,
17. 15th-23rd of July, AGRIA Open 9 rounds Swiss, Eger, 100 km North
from Budapest, Org. RAUCH Ferenc, e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu
18. 24th-30th of July, SZOMBATHELY SUMMER Open 9 rounds Swiss, 300 km
West from Budapest, Org: FM KORPICS, Zsolt, e-mail: korpicschess@axelero.hu
19. 5th-17th of August, FIRST SATURDAY, Bp, GM /cat.XII-IX-VII/ - IM-FM
closed, Org: NL.
US Championship
The U.S. Chess Championship returns to San Diego from March 1st-12th,
2006 (note the new dates) and will be held at its new permanent home at NTC
Promenade.
The tournament will feature a 64-player field, composed of 19 seeded
players (as determined by the October 2005 U.S.C.F Rating List), 43 tournament
qualifiers (two of which being online) and 2 wild cards selected by the AF4C.
The top seeded players are: 1 Gregory Kaidanov; 2 Gata Kamsky; 3 Alexander
Onischuk; 4 Boris Gulko 5 Ildar Ibraigimov; 6 Alexander Shabalov; 7 Varuzhan
Akobian; and 8 Igor Novikov. In the women's: 1 Susan Polgar; 2 Anna Zatonskih;
3 Irina Krush; 4 Camilla Baginskaite; 5 Tatev Abrahamyan; and 6 Jennifer
Shahade.
Full details:http://www.uschesschampionship.com
Caissa Events October
The Caissa tournaments take place in Kecskemét (HUN) 15th-24th
October 2005... IM round robin and/or FM tmt, more info
http://www.caissachessbooks.com.
Contact Dr. Tamas Erdelyi caissa@axelero.hu.
Corus Wijk aan Zee 2006
The field for the Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee has been finalised.
The event takes place January 13th-29th 2006.
Players: 1 (2) Viswanathan Anand IND 2788 2 (3) Veselin Topalov BUL 2782
3 (4) Peter Leko HUN 2751 4 (5) Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2748 5 (7) Vladimir
Kramnik RUS 2739 6 (9) Etienne Bacrot FRA 2725 7 (10) Levon Aronian ARM 2724 8
(12) Michael Adams ENG 2718 9 (13) Boris Gelfand ISR 2717 10 (20) Sergey
Tiviakov NED 2700 11 (21) Ivan Sokolov NED 2696 12 (23) Gata Kamsky USA 2690 13
(44) Sergey Karjakin UKR 2658 14 (55) Loek van Wely NED 2648. October world
ranking in brackets.
Official site:http://www.coruschess.com/
Linares 2006
Limited information on the Linares tournament this year. I understand it
may be a split event between Linares in Spain and an as yet unannounced place
in Mexico. Approximate dates 12th Feb - 12th March 2006. Possible lineup:
Veselin Topalov (not yet confirmed), Peter Leko, Vassily Ivanchuk, Peter
Svidler, Etienne Bacrot, Paco Vallejo and two more possibly including
Viswanathan Anand. 8 players. All news yet to be officially confirmed.
Iranian Super League
The second Season of the Iranian Super League starts from 3rd October
2005. News: Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh.
Further details:
http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/asp/turniere.asp?tnr=2350&lan=1
and http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.htm
Czech Chess Christmas 2005
Czech Chess Christmas 2005 Litomysl (CZE) 26.12.2005-1.1.2006 7th
christmas chess FIDE tournament, swiss system of 9 round, rate of game 2 x 1,5h
+ 30s/move, prize fund 75.000 CZK (1st prize 20.000 CZK = 680 EUR), special
conditions for IM, WGM and GM, New Year’s Eve programme. Contact: Agentura
64, Jaroslav Fuksik, 783 73 Grygov 337, mobil: 608 364 664, e-mail:
a64@proclient.cz, web: http://www.a64.cz
Penang International Open
Penang International Open Chess Tournament 2005 is a FIDE-rated, open
chess tournament open to all players. It will be held at the tropical island of
Penang, Malaysia. The tournament is organized by the Penang Chess Association.
Dates: 7th-11th December 2005.
Details: http://www.pca.bayanbaru.com/PgOpen/
Seagaard ChessReviews
Soren Sogaard has announced that his site Seagaard ChessReviews will be
updated after receiving a lot of positive e-mails, "I decided to try to keep
running the site. I also got two new reviewers, and the well known danish IM
Steffen Pedersen reviews his first book." He'll see if he can keep it going
another 6 months.
Website: http://seagaard.dk/review
17th Leuven Open
Chessclub Desperado Leuven organises its 17th Open International
Tournament of Leuven, Belgium. It will take place from Thursday November 10th
until Sunday November 13th 2005. The Open Tournament consists out of 7 rounds,
Swiss pairing system, 2hours/40moves + 15' QPF. Prizemoney adds up to more than
EUR 4.500, including several large ratingprizes!
Further info: http://turn.to/desperado
Hastings Chess Congress 2005-6
The Hastings Chess Congress takes place 28th December 2005 to 6th
January 2006, with a weekend tournament on 7th-8th January 2006.
Further details from Con Power conpowr@aol.com and
http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/
Gibraltar Congress 2006
The Gibraltar Congress takes place 24th January - 2nd February 2006.
Contact Stewart Reuben for more details: Stewartreuben@aol.com
Further details will eventually be available at:
http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com
Singapore News
Singapore Masters & Challengers International Open
Tournaments
The Singapore Masters & Challengers International Open Tournaments
takes place 25th-31st December 2005. Swiss System; FIDE-rated and titled; Rate
of play will be 90 minutes for the whole game with 30 seconds increment for
every move starting from the first move. 4. Prize Fund : US$ 18,000 Singapore
Masters International Open (US$16,000): For players rated 1801 and above 1st
4000; 2nd 3000; 3rd 2000; 4th 1200; 5th 1000; 6th 800; 7th 600; 8th 400; 9th to
12th 350; 13th to 20th 200 each
Further details: singchess@pacific.net.sg and
ignatiusleong@pacific.net.sg
Seminars for Arbiters and Trainers in Singapore
Seminars for Arbiters and Trainers will be held in Singapore in
conjunction with the Singapore I nternational Chess Convention from 18th-24th
December 2005.
Downloads:
http://www.fide.com/news/download/ArbSem05_SIN.doc
http://www.fide.com/news/download/TrainSem05_SIN.doc
The registration forms should be sent back not later than 15 November
2005 to: Singapore Chess Federation, 51 Bishan Street 13, #02-01A, Singapore,
International Games Centre, Singapore 579799. or by fax to: (65) 6352 9691,
(65) 6358 1483 or by e-mail to singchess@pacific.net.sg,
ignatiusleong@pacific.net.sg
Asian Schools Chess Festival 2005
Asian Schools Chess Festival 2005 in Singapore, Singapore International
Chess Convention The Singapore Chess Federation has the honour of inviting all
Asian National Chess Federations affiliated to FIDE to participate in the 2005
Asian Schools Chess Festival (under-9, under-11, under -13, under -15) in
Singapore from 17th December (arrival) to 25th December (departure).
Official Site: http://www.singaporechess.org.sg
World Amateur Open Championship Cancelled
Due to the Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita that recently hit the
Gulf Coast area, the World Amateur Open Chess Tournament that was to be held
Oct. 7-9, 2005, in Kissimmee, Florida, has been cancelled.
Cajun Chess Web Site will be back soon:
http://www.cajunchess.com/
26th International Bethune Open
The 26th International Bethune Open takes place in the room Olof Palme,
Commercial centre La Rotonde, Bethune, France (Pas-de-Calais) December
26th-30th 2005. This year the tournament will have 9 rounds instead of 7. The
tournament is divided in 2 tournaments: - Tournament A for players whose Elo
rating is above or equal to 1600, 1st price : 1500 euros - Tournament B for
players strictly below 1800 and not FIDE, 1st price : 300 euros, Fischer pace
1h30+30s KO for each game in both tournaments. At least 5500 euros of prices
(7300 euros given in 2004), prices for Elo categories in both tournaments.
Entry fee : 40 euros (adults), 20 euros (youngsters under 20), free for IM, GM
and FIDE Masters. Special conditions for IM and GM. Contact info: E-mail:
open@bethunechess.com
Further details: http://www.bethunechess.com
Grand Prix d’échecs d’Aix en Provence
The Grand Prix d’échecs d’Aix en Provence takes place
15th-18th December 2005. Magnus Carlsen and Laurent Fressinet will compete.
Official site: http://www.grandprixdaix.com
Mezezers International Open 2006
The Mezezers International Open 2006 (110 km from Riga Latvia) takes
place 1st-6th July 2005.
Details; http://www.mezezers.viss.lv
Jovan Petronic Website
Jovan Petronic has a new website with some news on it.
http://www.jovanpetronic.com/chessnews.htm
GM against the World - Olympiads of Chess, Turin 2006
Sergio Mariotti is the first Grand Master to take on the world from the
official Turin Olympiad website starting on 29th September 2005. Just Register
on the Olympiad website and wait to receive your password by email. Then Enter
the game in PlayArea/play on line
Further details: http://www.chessolympiad-torino2006.org
World Inter-Varsity Chess Championship
The Rakan Muda Gacc World Inter-Varsity Chess Championship takes place
at the Second Residential College University Of Malaya 50603 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia. i. All teams are expected to arrive in Malaysia not later than 6 Dec
2005 and expected to depart earliest on 14 Dec 2005.Participation in GACC World
Inter-Varsity Chess Championship is open to all BONA FIDE representatives from
universities and colleges. GACC will be conducted as an individual Swiss event.
The accumulated results of the best 4(four) individuals from the same
university (which is inclusive of at least one female player) will be
accumulated for the team results. This format is to encourage more female
players to participate. Each University or Institute can send two teams if they
wish to.
Contact details: TEL: 03-7957 1706 . FAX: 03-7957 1608 E-MAIL:
gacc_10@yahoo.com
Official site: http://tcn.sourceforge.net
New RSS Chess Website
Chess Samizdat is a new portal which offers free syndicated chess
content to the world via JS and RSS feed.
http://www.correspondencechess.com/samizdat/
Scanno Italy
SCANNO (ITALY) GM-IM closed tournaments, 7th-13th of November, Scanno,
50 km West from Pescara, info: IO Nagy Laszlo - e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net
Moscow Open 2006
The International Chess Festival "Moscow Open 2006" takes place in
Moscow, Russia, 29.01 (31.01, 01.02) - 06.02. 2006. A stage of the Moscow Grand
Prix 2006 (http://www.chessmoscow.ru),
Russia Cup 2006 (http://www.russiachess.ru) and the ACP
Tour 2005-2006 (http://www.chess-players.org)
Contacts: e-mail: mcf06@bk.ru Mr. Igor Glek (IGM, ACP Board Member):
igorglek@hotmail.com, phone/fax: +49-2013162843, +7-0953883328. Mr. Alexander
Zlochevsky (IGM, Coach of the Moscow Chess Team): zloch@rambler.ru, phone/fax:
+7-095-3650757
Further details: http://www.chessmoscow.ru
European Team Championship
In addition to Olympiad history there is now European Team Championship
history (1957-2005) available at: http://www.olimpbase.org
Odessa Open - Geller Memorial
Odessa Open - Geller Memorial Two open tournaments will take place in
Odessa, Ukraine from 15 - 24 September 2005. The prize fund of A-Open will be
3475 USD (1st prize 1000 USD). The prize fund of B-Open will will be 525 USD.
Details in Russian are available at:
http://www.chesspage.kiev.ua Contact
with organisers: lvv@sky.od.ua, nik@sadt.od.ua
Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship
Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship, 2005-2006 The
starter round of this competition has now finished and the solution to the
starter problem, and other details, is available at the website:
http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/0506/bcsc.html
Coral Springs IM
Jon Haskel is running an IM Norm Round Robin in Coral Springs, Florida
on September 17, 18, 19, 24 and 25. There will be 1 round on the 19th and 2
rounds on each of the other days. The time control will be 90 minutes with a 30
second increment. He needs 3 players from foreign federations. Contact: Jon
Haskel jon@bocachess.com
58th Quebec Open Championship
IM Jean Hébert was the joint winner of the 58th Quebec Open
Championship with 6.5/9, with Antoine Berube, Simon Gravel, and FM Vahagn
Voskanyan. The tournament is usually Canada's largest open event, although this
year its 195 players ranked it just behind the Canadian Open for attendance.
Hopefully I can round up all the games at some point.
Games and results: http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/
2nd Varna Chess Festival
The 2nd International Chess Festival Varna, takes place September
7th-15th 2005. Further details: Mr. Boris Hristov 5 Konstantin Fotinov St.,
Varna 9002 "Seahorse" National Children's Chess Federation Tel: +359/52/642
877; Fax: +359/52/574 940; Mobile: +359/88/6025 403 e-mail: seahorse@abv.bg
Peter Leko Official Site
Peter Leko now has a web site. http://www.lekochess.com/
CC-Calendar
CC-Calendar. Now 8.092 official computer chess tournaments since 1990.
726 games from older official computer chess tournaments up to 1990. Arena
Chess GUI http://www.playwitharena.com Selection:
CC-Calendar New are two computer chess tournaments. CIPS (Italy), chess program
Delfi won 5th International CSVN tournament (Netherland), chess program
Shredder won. AnMon won the 7th French programmers tourney in Massy.
Obrenovac Open
The Obrenovac Open takes place 22nd-30th November 2005. The event takes
place in Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro. 9 rounds Swiss, Prize found: 5250 EURO.
First prize: 1000 EURO Info contact: IO Nagy Laszlo, e-mail:
firstsat@hu.inter.net
Lugano International Open
The Lugano International Open takes place 18th-20th November 2005. in
the Hotel Meister, Via San Salvatore 11, 6902 Lugano-Paradiso 6 round Swiss
Schweizer System 36 moves in 90 Mins + 30 Mins for the rest of the game.
Further details: http://luganoscacchi.ch/
FIDE Trainers Committee
IM Jovan Petronic. Chairman, FIDE Computer & Internet Chess
Committee has written about the FIDE Trainers Committee. Link to his article
below. In 1998 FIDE formed a powerful Committee comprising of leading chess
trainers around the chess globe. Accordingly, it was named the FIDE Trainers
Committee, and below, I will try to summarize the immense useful information
for the readers, current major chess training activities and appeals of the
Committee, etc. The number of certified FIDE Trainers has grown and they are
now (in alphabetical order) - none other than: Alburt Lev (USA), Asanov Bolat
(Kazahstan), Azmaiparashvili Zurab (Georgia), Boensch Uwe (Germany), Beliavsky
Alexandr (Slovenia), Chernin Alexandr (Hungary), Dorfman Iossif (France),
Dvoretsky Mark (Russia), Gelfer Israel (Israel), Georgadze Tamaz (Georgia),
Gulko Boris (USA), Illescas Miguel (Spain), Kuzmin Alexey (Katar), Khodarkovsky
Michael (USA), Leong Ignatius (Singapore), Mikhalcishin Adrian (Slovenia),
Marjanovic Slavoljub (Serbia & Montenegro), Mohr Georg (Slovenia), Nikitin
Alexandr (Russia), Petrosjan Arshak (Armenia), Polgar Zsuzsa (USA), Postovsky
Boris (USA), Psakhis Lev (Israel), Razuvaev Yuri (Russia), Seirawan Yasser
(USA), Sosonko Genna (Netherlands), Schmidt Wlodzimerz (Poland), Tukmakov
Vladimir (Ukraine), Ubilava Elizbar (Georgia), Vladimirov Evgeny (Kazahstan),
Zapata Alonso (Columbia) and Xie Yun (China).
Read the article:
http://www.jovanpetronic.com/fidetrainerscommittee.htm
and an update:
http://www.jovanpetronic.com/fidetrainerscommittee2.htm
Instructional Tactics
There is an instructional tactical site at:
http://www.chesstactics.org compiled
by Ward Farnsworth.
Queenstown Chess Classic 2006
The Queenstown Chess Classic 2006 takes place on the South Island of
New Zealand January 15th-24th 2006 followed by the NZ Rapid and Blitz
Championship on Jan 25th & 26th. This event is being sponsored by NZ GM
Murray Chandler and promises to be NZ's largest ever Open International event.
The total prize fund is in excess of NZD $35,000. It is endorsed by the NZ
Chess Federation and will incorporate the NZ Championship. Entries so far
include GM's Chandler, Rogers and Hecht.
Further information: http://www.queenstownchess.com
Kasparov on his retirement
Kasparov's website: http://www.chesschamps.com gives a diary
entry on the reasons for his retirement:
http://www.chesschamps.com/diary07.html
Correspondence Chess - Romanian Chess Federation - 80 Years
Therer will be a CC tournament "Romanian Chess Federation - 80 Years"?
which will be one of the strongest CC events of the year 2005 with 4 ICCF-GMs
and 4 ICCF-SIMs among the 13 participants.
Every 2-3 months there will be reports on the tournament wrote by GM
Dorian Rogozenko, IM Mihai Ghinda, IM Mircea Pavlov, IM Constantin Lupulescu
and FM Marius Ceteras including comments around the games in progress (this is
something new in CC).
A promo pdf booklet of the event is available in Romanian chess pages
www.romanianchess.org , in the section dedicated to this event
http://www.romanianchess.org/rcf80
The booklet contains the introduction of the players, their best games and a
short history of the Romanian correspondence chess. Short link for download the
promo booklet (archived pdf file)
http://www.romanianchess.org/rcf80/rcf80.zip
The tournament will be played at ICCF webserver (
http://www.iccf-webchess.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=278
) .
Computer Chess News
There have been recent computer events. See the Computer Chess Calendar
at: http://www.playwitharena.com
Ratings Article
Jean-Claude Templeur on ratings manipulation:
http://www.chessmile.com/articles.php?id=30
Final of the WCBCSC 2004-2005
Brian Stephenson of the British Chess Problem Society reports. The
Final of the WCBCSC 2004-2005 took place at Oakham School on Saturday 19th
February. It was a resounding success for solving GM and Ex-World Champion
Jonathan Mestel, who came ahead of two other ex-world champions. The event was
sponsored by Winton Capital Management: http://www.wintoncapital.com/
The full results can be found at my website. Follow this link for the
final table: http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/0405/finaltable.html
and this for the problems used:
http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/0405/final_diag.html
British Chess Problem Society:
http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/
Alushta Diary 2005
Leonid Galperin sends a calendar of planned events in Alushta, Ukraine
2005.
GM Norm events: 6 17.06-27.06. 1.09-11.09 25.09-5.10 7.10-17.10 Rating
tournament 5.06 - 13.06 Open tournament (under 16 years) First prize - 200 $
14.06 - 22.06 Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Blitz tournament 28.06 12.09 Alushta Swiss
9 rounds Open tournament (rapid chess) 29 - 30.06 13-14.09 Alushta Swiss 9
rounds Open tournament First prize 1000 $ First prize (woman) 500$ 2.07-10.07
15.09-23.09 Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Session of school of Gennadi Kuzmin
5.06-14.06 25.09-4.10 Alushta Individual and group studying
Further information: http://www.kaissa.com.ua phone +38
(06560)5-05-32 (for Russian speaking) + 38 050 669-26-04 (for English speaking)
e-mail: info@kaissa.com.ua
Harald Malmgren 100 years Correspondence
31st Dec 2004 saw the start of the first Grandmaster tournament on the
ICCF Webserver. The tournament is the "Harald Malmgren 100 years". The occasion
is to commemorate the 100:d birthday of Harald Malmgren, Tierp in Sweden.
Malmgren was runner up after Cecil Purdy in ICCF's first World Championship and
earned his GM title in the event. Malmgren passed away in 1957. In his career
he was also second in IFSB Championship 1939 and won the Swedish CC
Championship in 1942. Malmgren was a true chess enthusiast and issued a book in
1953 "Mina bästa partier" (My best games) with only CC games he had
played.
There are 13 participants and you will be able to follow the results on
http://www.schack.se/SSKK/palview/res/malmgren.htm
and as soon as about 10 moves are made in every game, SSKK will open a page for
"live" games. That is games according to the ICCF CoC regulations for live
games. The Category of the event is 10 which means that all norms are
available.The tournament has two sponsors, Schackakademin and Svenska
Schackbutiken AB.
The players are: IM Jan Bennborn, Sweden, IM Sture Olsson, Sweden, IM
Rune Bergquist, Norway, IM Ervin Liebert, Estonia, IM Taisto Koskela, Finland,
IM Leif Åhman, Sweden, SIM Jón A Pálsson, Iceland, SIM
Josef Mrkvicka, Czech Rep, GM Matthias Rüfenacht; Switzerland, IM Gary S
Benson, Australia, SIM John Pugh, England, Phillippe Chopin, France and Mads
Smith Hansen, Denmark. The withdrawing ICCF President keeps playing CC and
starts this event on his very last day in office.
Tomas Carnstam, Jonas Dahlgren, Robert Ericsson, Sebastian Nilsson and
Per Söderberg wedish Correspondence Chess Federation (SSKK) Board members.
Hamarat Challenge Match
The ICCF World Champion Tunc Hamarat (AUT) who has never lost a single
game with White, has challenged the "Rest of the World" to a friendly 2-game
match. He will have White in both games. The games (one will start with 1.e4
and one with 1.d4) will be played on the ICCF Webserver and started on 10th
February 2005 with the rule "10 moves/70 days".
The players on the "Rest of the World" team will vote on each move. The
move receiving the most votes will be selected. Should 2 or more moves receive
the same number of votes, the "Rest of the World" will be given 2 more voting
days to decide between the tied moves. Participation in this event is open to
all players who pay an entry fee of 5 EUR or $7.00 US dollars via their
National CC Federation or the ICCF Direct Entry (DE) option. All fees collected
will be transferred to the ICCF Development Fund. The money will be used
primarily for development and system support of the ICCF WebChess Server. It
will be possible to join the "Rest of the World" team at any stage of the game.
The games may be seen "live" by all players and other observers at
http://www.iccf-webchess.com
Each player who voted for the selected move will receive 1 point per
move. The player(s) with the most points at the end of the games will receive
an ICCF Gold Book. The list of all entrants will be published on the ICCF
webpage.
1st ICCF Webchess Open Tournament
The ICCF have announced the 1st WebChess Open Tournament and invites
every player worldwide to participate in the event. The event is to be played
on the ICCF dedicated Webserver http://www.iccf-webchess.com. This
tournament is open to all correspondence chess players worldwide, also for
those without any previous ICCF experience. Multiple entries are allowed. The
tournament will be played in three stages - preliminaries, semifinal and final.
Details: http://www.iccf-webchess.com/Message.aspx?message=19
Russia vs ROW Correspondence
The Russian Chess Federation is celebrating its 10th anniversary and is
using this occasion to challenge the rest of the world to a match over 64
boards with 2 games for each and the start is 15.02 2004. Players include Joop
van Oosterom
http://www.mychessweb.com/Tables/Internationale/Play/russia-world.htm
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